Design Thinking Training Course
Overview:
The Design Thinking (DT) methodology encompasses five distinct stages: empathizing, defining the problem, ideating, prototyping, and testing.
In today's increasingly complex landscape, we encounter challenges that demand specialized approaches. Design Thinking provides the framework for addressing these intricate issues. By mastering design thinking, individuals can effectively tackle complex problems, enhance communication, persuade more efficiently, drive better business outcomes, and improve both organizational and personal behavior and performance.
- How DT operates: learn from people and the problem, identify patterns, design a model (accounting for model drift), test the model, evaluate it, and re-engineer.
- The relationship between DT, innovation, and entrepreneurship.
- DT methods and tools: persona development, stakeholder mapping, customer journey mapping, service blueprints, and business model innovation.
- Application of DT: fostering a design mindset, disruptive innovation, iterative approaches, agile estimation techniques, critical thinking, problem-solving, teamwork, leadership readiness, communication skills, technological proficiency, forward-thinking, intercultural and ethical competence, emotional intelligence, self-awareness, negotiating skills, and conflict resolution.
Objectives:
- Understand the fundamentals and nuances of DT.
- Explore key concepts, factors, theories, types, and models within DT.
- Experiment with, experience, and practice DT.
Delivery:
This is a one-day (4 hours) training course, structured as follows:
- Lectures (40% – presentation of theories, concepts, models, and interactive discussions),
- Group exercises (30% – group dynamics, games, group discussions, and mock conflict resolution exercises),
- Individual activities (15% – writing, designing, and peer discussion)
- Other elements (15% – videos, reading material).
Note: Due to the interactive nature of this course, a minimum group size of 3 participants is required.
This course is available as onsite live training in Italy or online live training.Course Outline
Session 1: Introduction to Design Thinking (60 mins)
Session 2: Key concepts, theories, types, and models in DT (60 mins)
Session 3: Applying DT in daily work (60 mins)
Session 4: Impact (60 mins)
Requirements
There are no specific prerequisites for attending this course.
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