Innovation, Co-creation & Design Thinking

In an age when innovation is key to business success and growth, you have likely come across the term ‘design thinking’, mentioned by your senior leader to use frequently in practice, or maybe you have heard its application in most well-known organizations to solve innovation challenges. What is design thinking, and how does it benefit working professionals?

While design thinking is an ideology based on designers’ workflows for mapping out design stages, its purpose is to provide all professionals with a standardized innovation process to develop creative solutions to design-related problems.

What is Design Thinking?

What are the key elements of design thinking?

How is design thinking different from our traditional business approach?

Success factors of design thinking

Mindset, Design Thinking Process and 7-Stage Design Cycle

Design Principles

Tools for design thinking

Application of Design tools

Vision prototype and Exploration Map

Concept and Hypothesis Generation and Testing

Creating Innovation Pitch

Roadmap for Implementation

Managing a Design Project

The three-day long workshop is designed based on the principle of experiential learning. A few suggested readings and case-based sessions will introduce the concepts and tools to participants. We will spend nearly two-thirds of the time hands-on practising real-world business problems as multiple group exercises. The workshop will be highly interactive, involving multimedia, case studies, lectures, and the students’ participation in many forms.