Design Thinking Boot Camp: From Insights to Innovation

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Design Thinking Boot Camp: From Insights to Innovation

Immerse yourself in a four-day hands-on design thinking workshop, working in the field and with the Stanford d.school.

Empathy and experimentation. Inspiration and ideation. Design Thinking Boot Camp is a dynamic mix of short instructional lectures, demonstrations, and guided, hands-on teamwork.

In this program, which has a 5-to-1 student-teacher ratio, you’ll learn the elements of the user-centered, prototype-driven design thinking process from world-renowned d.school faculty and trained coaches.

You’ll put those new tools into practice right away with a real-world innovation challenge from an outside company. You and your team will hit the ground running, interviewing and observing customers in the field to understand what motivates them. Then, you’ll head back to the d.school to ideate and prototype, test and retest to develop fresh, innovative solutions.

Your ability to implement the design thinking principles and practices you’ve learned is our top priority. That’s why we help you create action plans for real work projects and provide post-program coaching: so you can successfully execute innovation in your own organization.

Key Benefits

Acquire design thinking tools and get coaching so you can translate what you’ve learned in the classroom to your own company to drive innovation.
  • Improve your interview and observation techniques to better understand customer motivations.
  • Understand how to define and reframe problems based on the emotional needs of customers.
  • Develop a just-try-it mentality through rapid prototyping and iteration.
  • Learn how to embrace diversity of opinion using a common process for design.
  • Empower others in your company to use design thinking to drive innovation.

Who Should Attend

  • Executives and managers responsible for tackling strategic challenges at their organizations
  • Team members who want to collaborate on design thinking

In Hong Kong|13 Sep 2016 – 16 Sep 2016

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Format

In-person|Hong Kong
Full-time

Deadline

The application is closed for the 2016 program.

Program Fee

US $11,500

The program fee includes tuition, course materials, and breakfast and lunch each day. Lodging is not included in the program fee.

Awarded

Certificate of completion

At Stanford|28 Mar 2017 – 31 Mar 2017

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In-person|Stanford University
Full-time

Deadline

05 Jan 2017

Program Fee

US $12,500

The program fee includes tuition, course materials, and breakfast and lunch each day. Lodging is not included in the program fee.

Awarded

Certificate of completion

At Stanford|11 Jul 2017 – 14 Jul 2017

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In-person|Stanford University
Full-time

Deadline

04 May 2017

Program Fee

US $12,500

The program fee includes tuition, course materials, and breakfast and lunch each day. Lodging is not included in the program fee.

Awarded

Certificate of completion

Location TBD|12 Sep 2017 – 15 Sep 2017

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In-person|Stanford University
Full-time

Deadline

29 Jun 2017

Program Fee

US $12,500

The program fee includes tuition, course materials, and breakfast and lunch each day. Lodging is not included in the program fee.

Awarded

Certificate of completion

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Curriculum

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Participant Profile

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Faculty Leadership

Consulting Associate Professor and Director of Executive Education, Hasso Plattner Institute of Design (d.school), Stanford University

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