Design Thinking Training Course
Overview:
The Design Thinking (DT) process comprises five stages: empathize, define the problem, ideate, prototype, and test.
In today's increasingly complex world, we encounter challenges that often require specialized approaches. Design Thinking provides the framework to address these complexities effectively. Mastering design thinking enables professionals to solve complex problems efficiently, communicate more persuasively, improve business outcomes, and enhance both organizational and personal behavior and performance.
- How DT works: learning from people and problems, identifying patterns, designing models (including model drift), testing the model, evaluating the results, and re-engineering.
- The relationship between Design Thinking, innovation, and entrepreneurship.
- DT methods and tools: including personas, stakeholder maps, customer journey maps, service blueprints, and business model innovation.
- Application of DT: cultivating a design mindset, driving disruptive innovation, applying iterative approaches, utilizing agile estimation techniques, and developing critical thinking, problem-solving, teamwork, leadership readiness, communication skills, technological fluency, forward-thinking, intercultural and ethical competency, emotional intelligence, self-awareness, negotiation skills, and conflict resolution.
Objectives:
- To understand the fundamentals and nuances of DT.
- To explore key concepts, factors, theories, types, and models in DT.
- To experiment, experience, and practice DT.
Delivery:
This is a 1-day (4 hours) training course that consists of:
- lectures (40% - presentation of theories, concepts, models, and interactions),
- group exercises (30% - group dynamics, games, group discussion, and mock-conflict resolution exercises),
- individual activities (15% - writing, designing, and peer discussion)
- and other activities (15% - videos, reading).
Note: Due to the nature of this course, there is a minimum group size of 3.
This course is available as onsite live training in Turkey 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: Apply DT in daily work (60 mins)
Session 4: Impact (60 mins)
Requirements
There are no specific requirements needed to attend this course.
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