About the Enterprise Design Practice
The Enterprise Design Practice at UDI builds ongoing design and leadership development capacity at ASU for continuous and sustained innovation.
Impact Story
ASU Leadership Academy celebrates its 12th cohort
Empowering 34 emerging leaders to drive change across 24 ASU units through applied learning and strategic innovation.
In May 2025, Arizona State University celebrated the graduation of the twelfth cohort of the ASU Leadership Academy - an initiative dedicated to fostering leadership and innovation across the ASU Enterprise. Designed to equip faculty and staff with the tools to lead transformative change, the year-long program reflects the university’s ongoing investment in cultivating future-ready leaders.
This cohort brought together 34 faculty and staff members from 24 academic units and colleges across ASU. Through a series of in-person workshops and leadership activities, participants developed leadership competencies, advanced high-impact projects, and built a collaborative network committed to shaping ASU’s future.
In Leadership Academy, I found a rare and meaningful space to grow alongside leaders from across ASU. The experience challenged me to think about my contributions and invite others into the work I do. It also reminded me of what it means to be a compassionate human for my colleagues and the community, as we shape the future together.
Yi-Chun Sunny KuoAssistant Dean, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts
The core of the training consists of three 2-day off-campus workshops, supplemented by leadership seminars throughout the academic year. LA participants completed a 360° assessment and worked with their peer coaching group to support their individual leadership growth. The participants engaged with nine expert speakers, gained insights from eight alumni panelists, and were guided by five professional facilitators.
The relationships I developed with my peer leadership group helped clarify the aspects of my work I value the most, and the team-focused training during our second workshop in particular helped further develop related skills, such that I have a better sense of my own career. I have already put these insights to work and they will continue to help guide my work at ASU for years to come.
Christy TillAssociate Director for Inclusive Community, Associate Professor, School of Earth and Space Exploration (SESE)
The individual leadership projects, developed in collaboration with a nominator or supervisor, allow participants to put their learning into action. Each cohort member uses the project as a hands-on opportunity to address real needs within their units, fostering innovation, collaboration, and tangible impact.
Cohort XII Projects
- Herberger Institute Global Portal: Where Creativity and Excellence Drive Global Impact
- Torch, Mantle, Baton or Reins? Managing Advisory Board Transformations
- Facilities Development and Management ESG: Sustainable by Design
- EdPlus APIHub: Leading the Integration
- PRIEC: Partnered Regional Intellectual Exchange Communities
- Leading the Conversation: A Framework for Microelectronics Messaging
- Shaping Policy, Building a Med School: Drafting Governance and Policy Frameworks for ASU’s New Medical School
- Transdisciplinary Online Teaching
- NextGen to Fed: Accelerated Track: ASU students can now join the Next Generation Service Corps
- Defining the Future of the Humanities
- Improving Faculty Annual Reviews in SEMTE: Can the ASU charter inform positive change in annual faculty performance reviews?
- From Hire to Higher: A Complete Employee Development Toolkit
- Professional Instructional Enhancement: Advancing Student Learning and Faculty Development Through Mentoring and Student Research
- Centralizing Compliance Initiatives
- Operational Playbook: Global Operations
- Path to AI-Driven Service Excellence: Building the Foundation for Strategic Success at ASU
Inclusive Excellence in Uncertain Times - One Year. Big Changes. Real Results. 12 months as Interim Director
- Better PhD Admission through Technology: Humans + Machine + Data = Better PhD Program
- Getting Students to Graduation: A Community of Practice Supporting First-Year Student
- Success at The Polytechnic School
- Revisiting Graduate Assessment Practices
- How Do I Get This Out to Students? College of Global Futures Student Communications Guide
- Reimagining Educational Leadership
- Preparing Systems-Focused Leaders
- Leading Change: Redesigning a PhD Program: Changing the Doctoral Game
- Flux Creative Lab: Production Hub Proposal for the Poitier Film School
- Peers Empower Peers: Creating a Collaborative Peer Coaching Model to Boost Student Support, Belonging, and Well-being
- OGL 2028: Rethinking Leadership Education - Getting Organizational Leadership on Track
- Blueprint for Better Courses: Transforming Course Revision into a Strategic, Data-informed Collaboration
- AI-Careyosity: Cultivating AI Adoption Through Mindful AI Workshops & Collaborations
- Curriculum Leadership Across Boundaries: Transforming Interdisciplinary Education
- JD Anywhere. Justice Everywhere: ASU Law JD, Part-time and Online
- Developing a New Process and Partnership: Student Medical/Compassionate Withdrawal
ASU Leadership Academy is one of three leadership development programs managed by the University Design Institute (UDI), including the Advanced Leadership Initiative and the Launching Leaders Program. Since its launch, the program has empowered over 330+ individuals, while the trio of programs has supported the professional development of more than 770 leaders from across Arizona State University.
