Design Thinking Taster

Course Description

This fun, fast-paced, and interactive course will change the way you think about problems and how to solve them. Working with others to encourage and support one another, you'll learn principles of design by developing a deep understanding of your user, how they see the world, and which solution is best suited to their needs. These lessons can be applied to business strategy or everyday life. A fantastic workshop full of creativity , problem-solving, and discovery!

Problem solve by learning to think outside the box!

Topics

• Developing a deep understanding through empathy
• Making sense of your new understanding to define the problem you will solve
• Creative brainstorming to develop lots of ideas
• Building a prototype to represent one or more of your ideas
• Getting feedback from your user through testing so you can refine your solution
• Sharing the story, from the user and their need through to the solution and how it will solve the problem to help others understand the value
• Reflection on how the principles and experience can be applied in life or the workplace

What you’ll be able to do with this training

Individuals will learn new ways of thinking outside the box, invoking empathy to understand others' problems, and how to come up with creative solutions. Organisations will learn how the principles of design thinking can help gain an understanding of their customers' needs, emotional drivers, and motivations, culminating with an increased focus on clients and their problems.

What you’ll learn

During the course you will discover how to switch on your creative thinking side, learning how to develop a deep understanding of your user, brainstorm as a team, and lean into problems in order to find a solution. Together you will build, test, and refine your prototype, learning new techniques and lessons along the way.