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We're excited to announce that our next guest on Cantina Conversations will be Ben Little. Join us on December 15 at 11am ET for an engaging conversation with Ben, Shaun Gummere, and Krista Siniscarco on the future of innovation.

During the day, Ben is a VP of Design Strategy at Fidelity, working to shape new products and businesses. In the evenings, Ben is a Director of Graduate Studies for the MDES Innovation at Massachusetts College of Art and Design, teaching master’s students about the intersection of business strategy and design.

This promises to be a fantastic conversation that will offer a peek around the corner into the ideas and methods that corporate America will surely need next to succeed. After all, to train the next generation of design leaders, you need a curriculum in place today that addresses the problems of tomorrow.

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Cantina Conversation Series: The Future of Innovation with Ben Little - Cantina The Cantina Conversation Series invites leaders to discuss timely topics in design, technology, and business strategy. Our December guest is Ben Little, Director of Graduate Studies in Design Innovation (MDes) at MassArt and VP of Design Strategy at Fidelity.

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