Dr Bozhena (Bo) Kelestyn is a design thinking academic and practitioner with a diverse teaching and consulting portfolio.
She works as an Associate Professor and Course Director for the MSc in Management of Information Systems and Digital Innovation (which Bo is also an alumna of) at the Warwick Business School (WBS). Bo is passionate about democratising design thinking. Outside of academia, Bo worked with The Guardian Masterclasses as their lead design thinking masterclass tutor. Bo also partnered with Warwick School to co-found the first in the UK school design thinking award, which has been completed by 200+ pupils. In May 2022, shortly after the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Bo leveraged her design thinking expertise to develop a vision for an educational leadership programme. Partnering with the Ukrainian Leadership Academy, with support from Ukraines Ministry of Education and Science and Ministry of Digital Transformation, Bo founded the first and only of its kind Masters level programme, Leadership for Educational Transformation (LET), aimed at supporting the rebuilding and transformation of education in Ukraine. In 2024, 40+ educators from 25+ institutions in Ukraine completed the programme at Warwick, impacting individual careers and strengthening Ukraines educational leadership cadre. Bo holds several awards for her contribution to teaching and learning. Bo is the youngest at Warwick and only second at WBS to hold the Principal Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (PFHEA), first at WBS and only one of three at Warwick to hold the Fellowship of Enterprise Educators UK (FEEUK).