Course description
Are you facing challenges that are not easily addressed through a conventional problem-solving approaches? Do you need to stimulate innovation in your organization?
Design Thinking is a creative approach to problem-solving that brings together empathy, curiosity and teamwork. It is both a mindset that every problem can be addressed.
This intensive workshop will guide you through the methodology, combining theory with a lot of hands-on practical application. By the end of the seminar you will have practiced Design Thinking with a real challenge you are facing both at your workplace and in your personal life.
What is Design Thinking?
Pioneered by the famous design company IDEO, Design Thinking is an approach to problem-solving that puts the needs of the end user at the heart of the problem-solving process. Design Thinking is now commonly used in business, international development, nonprofit, education and more.
Design Thinking is a very flexible process. At the end of the day it’s a very logical set of steps that you can apply to any issue, including ones in your personal life. For example, Design Thinking has been used to help people break negative patterns, exercise more, and develop healthier relationships. It captures a ‘let’s learn by trying it out’ approach.
Course format
Beginning on April 12th, 2022, this live virtual workshop takes place over 5 weeks, with 1 session each week on Tuesdays from 12pm – 1:30pm Eastern Time (New York). These sessions will be complemented by readings, videos and assignments in-between sessions as well, allowing you to delve deeper into the topics and put what you’ve learned into practice! Each session will cover a different key design thinking concept.
Throughout the workshop, the session topics will include:
- Session 1: Overview of the Design Thinking process
- Session 2: Living Examples of Design Thinking in Action
- Session 3: Applying Design Thinking to Actual Challenges
- Session 4: Extending Your Creative Confidence with Design Thinking
- Session 5: Putting it all together
Course outcomes
By the end of this course, you will:
- Dominate a powerful new tool applicable in both your personal and professional life;
- Be inspired and reinvigorated by interactive, cutting-edge content;
- Emerge with a new confidence in your innovation skills;
- Gain a new network of local and international colleagues interested in making positive impact;
- Earn a certificate from the University for Peace, established by the General Assembly of the United Nations.
Target Audience
The Design Thinking workshop is purposefully designed to be applicable at all ages and career levels, and across a variety of fields. Participants often share some of the following characteristics:
- A desire to cultivate a methodology for innovation
- A need to have an approach for tackling complex life-challenges
- Wanting to connect with professionals of diverse backgrounds
- People in fast-growing career fields wanting to stay ahead of the curve
How to register:
To register simply click here!
Contact us!
Have questions or interested in connecting with a member of the UPEACE Centre team? Contact us via email at centre@upeace.org or schedule a call with us!