Design Thinking

Course Type: Training Course

Participants explore the six disciplines of Design Thinking to use for complex problem solving and strategic thinking. Explorative, User-Centered, Divergent, Multi-disciplinary, Iterative, and Integrative disciplines are all covered in hands-on group exercises with relevant problems to solve. This is a highly-interactive course that involves every participant, from paired interviews to group ideation and problem-solving.

Objectives

  • To explore the fundamental tenets of Design Thinking

  • To determine what type of work may benefit from the application of Design Thinking

  • To experience solving complex problems using Design Thinking

Content

  • Paired interviews to gather data on a custom challenge question

  • Insights gathered and clustered in small groups

  • Groups develop insights and create new challenge question

  • Design Thinking disciplines explored and applied

  • New challenge question solution and pitch