INNV0011 - Unleash Creativity: Cultivating Innovation by Design
In a rapidly changing world, creativity isn’t just an asset—it's a necessity that will only increase in importance in the years ahead. Innovation is the lifeblood of progress, driving growth and adaptation in every industry. By unlocking your creative potential, you can lead your team and organization towards unprecedented success.
This interactive workshop leverages the power of Design Thinking—an approach that has been an engine for new product development, service design, and social innovation—to tackle real-world challenges with your team and in your organization. Through hands-on activities grounded in real-world examples, you’ll use the design process to lead innovation, inspire action, and unleash creativity at work and wherever else you seek to make an impact.
Topics
- Introduction to Design Thinking: Understand the principles and power of human-centered design.
- Empathizing and Understanding: Learn how to gather insights and gain a deeper awareness of your customer’s needs and desires.
- Defining the Problem: Delve into the art of problem setting to really get to the heart of what matters to both external and internal customers.
- Ideation: Unleash your creativity with the art of invention to generate a wide range of possible solutions. Two powerful frameworks will guide this topic.
- Rapid Prototyping: Develop tangible representations of ideas and refine them through iterative testing. Speed and action are prioritized over planning.
- Building Robust Design Capability: Moving beyond superficial notions of design thinking and into what it means to build a design and innovation capability in organizations.
Learning Outcomes
By participating in this workshop, you will:
- Strengthen your ability to empathize with your customers and gather valuable insights to solve their problems.
- Learn to identify clear problems that effectively guide your design process.
- Learn the art of invention using two powerful frameworks to generate innovative ideas and possible solutions.
- Learn to develop, test, and refine your ideas through rapid prototyping.
- Understand how to incorporate design thinking into your daily activities to generate workplace solutions.
Who Should Attend
Ready to Ignite Your Creative Spark and Drive Innovation?
Join us today and unlock the power of Design Thinking to drive meaningful change in your team and organization.
Corporate Executive Education Packages
Package Pricing: 1 class day per participantApplies Towards the Following Certificates
- Advancing Leader Certificate : Electives
- Emerging Leader Certificate : Electives