Business Innovation with Design Thinking

Course Information

Duration

4 Days

Delivery Method

Virtual Instructor Led Training

Learning Pathway/ Certification

LANGUAGE

English

Course Overview

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 stories of innovative organizations like Airbnb and Netflix continue to be well documented.

The key question for many organizations 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.

This 4 week blended Program is designed to help you accelerate your understanding of design thinking with a practical approach to innovation, in order to get innovation started in an effective, efficient way.

Whats Included?

4 Live Sessions
6 Modules
18 Videos
7 tools and templates
Individual & Group Project

What does it take to get certified?

N/A

Course pre-requisites

There are no pre-requisites for this course

Course Syllabus

MODULE 1: WHY INNOVATE?

What is innovation?
An innovative mindset – the importance of looking at things from a diﬀerent perspective
Creativity and innovation
The three areas vital to innovation
Design Thinking and the Double Diamond
Finding your topic to work on

MODULE 2: EMPATHIZE (Design thinking step 1)

Introducing 3 tools for building empathy with your users or clients
The Stakeholder Map
The Persona Tool
The Customer Journey Map

MODULE 3: IDEATE

Ideate module introduction
Barriers to creativity and how to overcome them
Tips for ideating
6 Brainstorming techniques to start ideas ﬂowing
Selecting a solution
Validating your solution

MODULE 4: PROTOTYPE & TEST Ideas into action

Low Fidelity prototyping – diﬀerent types and pros and cons
High ﬁdelity prototyping and your course project
Principles for successful solutions and who to test with
Designing a test and capturing feedback

MODULE 5: BUILD

Innovation and Business Models
The Business Model Canvas
Business Model Canvas case studies
Business model innovation
The digital revolution and business models
Process innovation & Deﬁning success and measuring innovation

MODULE 6: EMBED

Introduction and embedding a culture of innovation
Design Thinking in your company
Methods for encouraging innovation
Creating an innovative environment
Overcoming barriers to success
Corporate adoption of innovation eﬀorts
Building an innovation team & Gaining the buy In

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