Certificate in Design Thinking for Innovation

Why Attend?

The hype around innovation is hard to miss. The pressure on businesses to define an innovation strategy and the process that delivers it is growing, as the success storiesof innovative organisations like Airbnb and Netflix continue to be well-documented.

The key question for many organisations is how to start innovation, knowing that doing nothing is not an option in the fast-changing world we live in today. But daily routines, time and budget are barriers to take first steps.

Benefits Of Attending

• Complex problem solving
• Critical Thinking & Creativity
• Brainstorming techniques
• Mindset for Innovation
• Narrowing down problems to be able to start innovation at a small scale

Who Should Attend

This course is for anyone that is involved in innovation, whether it is the core of your job (e.g. being an innovation manager, innovation team lead etc.) or if you participate in projects or programs aimed at creating new value (by developing new or improving existing products, services or processes) for customers.

Attendees will go through a full Design Thinking process to understand the why, how, and what of each of the five process steps. They will work with hands-on tools that help and guide them in a clear and effective way and which are useful to get innovation started while reducing risks.

Learning Style

This training is a highly participatory program consisting of numerous group discussions, workshop sessions and interactive presentations. Participants will work in groups to develop a new desirable business proposition by the end of the course. Every day is built around a variety of explanations of theory, interactive presentations, energisers and hands-on group work. The content is a mixture of theory and practical exercises and aimed at learning by doing. By collaborating with other attendees, delegates will learn from each other through interaction and teamwork. During the whole training, there is room for discussion.

Course Requirements

Delegates must meet two criteria to be eligible for an Informa/CPD Certificate of Completion for a course:

• Satisfactory attendance – Delegates must attend all sessions of the course. Delegates who miss more than 2 hours of the course sessions will not be eligible to sit the course exam
• Successful completion of the course assessment.