Lighting a fire. A letter written by Tito Designori about bringing teaching back to management education

Paper Details

Authors: Zawadzki M.; Lennerfors T.T.

DOI: 10.19245/25.05.pij.11.01.2

Journal: PuntOorg International Journal

Year: 2026

Publisher: Editoriale Scientifica srl

Document Type: Article

Open Access: All Open Access; Gold Open Access

Cited by: 0

Abstract

Here you will find an open letter written by Tito Designori, a Chief Education Officer of the management and engineering school Impulsia, informing the community of scholars about the abdication from his role. Recalling the times of pedagogical province Castalia, the life of its rector Joseph Knecht, Tito engages in a poetic account about the reinvention of Castalia into Impulsia-the School of Impact, a school that would be directly aimed at creating change in the world. Notwithstanding its name, he witnesses the decline of teaching in the school, its failure to educate students to take responsibility for the world, and its complicity in its crisis. He tells the story of two teachers using arts-based pedagogy in Impulsia, in an effort to light a fire in the students and connect their education to what really matters. Tito remains silent about whether the teachers’ efforts were successful, and somewhat surprisingly ends his accounts in the midst of the teachers’ careers. However, from his stories and analyses, he seems to imply that he finds some hope in their life stories that might bring teaching back to the school. © 2026, Editoriale Scientifica srl. All rights reserved.

Keywords

arts-based pedagogy; engineering education; Glass Bead Game; Hermann Hesse; management education; neoliberalism; poetry

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