December 2022

Solve business challenges in new ways utilizing proven & pragmatic techniques.

Become more innovative by unleashing your inner creativity!

Rebecca Friese

Decio Mendes

Everyday Design-Thinking

Everyone is creative. Everyone can innovate. Everyone can learn how to solve problems in new ways. In this 1-week course you will learn how to use design-thinking to solve everyday challenges ranging from process improvements to developing new products and services.

Discover and unleash your innovation and creativity superpowers

Anyone that desires solving their day-to-day business problems in new and more creative ways.

Individuals struggling to harvest breakthrough thinking from their teams through traditional brainstorming approaches.

Leaders looking to raise the skill levels of their people and unleash the power of innovation in their organizations.

Who is this course for:

What you’ll get out of this course

Learn a universal five-step design thinking process and how to decipher variations to this process, such as design sprints. Adopt the mindset and behaviors for innovation and creativity, because process is useless if don't approach it and act in the right way.

Learn design-thinking fundamentals

Projects don't fail due to a lack of good idea but rather due to poor upfront project definition. Learn how to avoid failure by deploying three tools that enable scoping projects in a way that are bounded but yet provide ample room for thinking big.

Discover how to define and scope projects effectively

Unique insights lead to unique ideas. Discover how to look for insights (clues) through interviews, ethnography, field visits, research, and by observing everything in the world around us. The world is filled with insights ready to uncover.

Become a detective

It is hard to actually think in new ways. Get a crash course in multiple design-thinking tools that will force you out of your current way of thinking so that you can generate unique and potentially even breakthrough ideas!

Generate amazing ideas

Develop the confidence to believe that, yes, you too are creative and have the ability to look at and solve problems in new ways, whether they be simple process improvements or coming up with the next big thing!

Confidence in your skills

ATB Financial - Chief Client Experience & Technology Officer

Temple University Academic Director for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Programs; M. Night Shyamala Foundation - Executive Director

Pinterest - Leadership Development Programs (Executive Coach)

Bristol Myers Squibb - GPS Agile Lead, Strategy & Business Excellence

Novo Nordisk - Director, Omnichannel Strategic Enablement, Digital Solutions

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Meet your instructors

We will knock innovation and creativity off its pedestal by sharing an overall design-thinking process, including variations such as design sprints and ideation workshops. We will explore the mindsets and behaviors necessary. You will learn a number of highly effective tools for defining and scoping projects, and apply them to a fun mock case.

Process + Project

You will learn techniques for collecting and synthesizing insights because only unique insights lead to unique ideas! You will gather insights using ethnographic and other techniques. You will learn and apply a range of easy to use design-thinking tools to break out of your current way of thinking and unleash your true creative potential.

Insights + Ideas

You will learn two powerful techniques for selecting the best ideas and how to move forward with prototyping and testing them so you can ultimately successfully pitch solutions to others within an organization.

Selecting + Selling

Course syllabus

Fun and highly interactive small-group workshops incorporating a mix of presentation and breakout working sessions to apply tools to a mock business case. Innovation and creativity aren't spectator sports, so everyone will get playing time and expert coaching!

Monday, Wednesday, and Friday: Workshops

Participants conduct a bit of work on their own in between workshops, specifically on items that cannot be done during the live sessions, e.g., going out into the real-world to complete some simple tasks to then bring back to the group!

Intersession work

Get all your questions answered or dive deeper into certain topics. Nothing is off limits! Office hours are optional but are great and, heck, you are paying for it so take advantage of them! Two 1-hour sessions will be offered on each of the days in between the live workshops.

Tuesday & Thursday: Office Hours

Course schedule

Participants will also get a free copy of our book on creating a Good Culture at work

This course builds on live workshops and hands-on application using a mock case.

Active hands-on learning

You’ll be interacting with other learners through breakout rooms working on a mock case.

Interactive and project-based

Join a community of like-minded people who want to learn and grow alongside you

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