Home - SHiFT - SHiFT

Do your best work.
Find your true self.
Connect & create.
Bring it all home.

Let’s cut through the BS.

You are not your degree or your job. You are not what people say you have to be. You’re not stuck in business casual clothes or in other people’s expectations. It’s time to stop settling.

Our immersive programs help you see how your skills fit into the future of business, technology, and design. Build confidence to transform yourself, your career, and your world successfully.

We are a community of makers, dreamers, rebels, movers, shakers, thinkers, designers, scalers, and do-ers. SHiFT accelerates talent, vision, and capabilities to create relevant education for our immersive future.

Get engaged.
Camps. Fellowships. Labs.
It’s your call.

Our programs provide an avenue to help students through experiential education and develop the practical skills and experience necessary to launch successful careers in today’s competitive and rapidly evolving employment landscape.

SHiFT Camps

Camps

Unplug and plug in. 1-2 Weeks

Learn More

Fellowships

You think you got what it takes? Prove it. 12 Weeks

Learn More
SHiFT Fellowships

Labs

What can you do in a couple of hours? or days?

Learn More

From the Journal

SHiFT Camp: Mishmash

SHiFT / CAMP

Let’s celebrate the incredible diversity of cultures that define and inspire humanity. Society evolves as ever-changing cultures are shared and learned. We enjoy them, we work in them, we travel through them, and we outgrow them. The ability to connect and embrace dozens of different cultures will allow you to be adaptable and stay relevant…. Read More…

SHiFT CAMP - Control + Retreat

Control + Retreat: Alabama

SHiFT / CAMP

The first SHiFT event back in 2013. The magic reset. All you have to do is hold down SHIFT/CONTROL/DELETE to start it all over. But you can’t really delete all that has happened in your life. You can’t just put everything on hold forever. But you can take some time to step away and reevaluate… Read More…

SHiFT LAB - Disruptive Collaboration

Disruptive Collaboration

SHiFT / LAB

Working with the MBA program from Otterbein University, Aether presented a 2-day LAB – Disruptive Collaboration: a primer on lean research and strategy. The intent was to help the MBA students understand the value design has across the organization and provide them with tools for disruptive collaboration. Starting with Aether’s Pre-search™ tool, participants examined how… Read More…