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Overview

Implement design thinking principles and team-based methods to support idea generation and create innovative teams.

Duration

4 weeks

Total fee

2,763

Mode of learning

Online

Credential

Certificate

Create Innovative Teams with Design Thinking
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Highlights

  • Complete 90% of course steps and all of the assessments to earn your certificate
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Create Innovative Teams with Design Thinking
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More about this course
  • A design thinking approach is crucial for problem-solving and encouraging innovation
  • On this four-week course from the University of Adelaide, learner will learn how to implement design thinking principles to increase innovation in team
  • The course has been carefully designed to help learner gain practical knowledge can use in context
  • Learner will learn the basics of design thinking to enable team to generate and implement ideas rapidly
  • By the end, learner will understand how to analyse your own team environment and get started with design thinking for innovation
  • As you learn what design thinking is and how it differs from other approaches, learner will discover the benefits of this approach for teams and organisations
  • Learner will learn the core principles of design thinking and how they work in action
  • This knowledge will ensure learner know how to apply the principles to problem-solve in context
  • Idea generation is an important component of innovative teams
  • On the course, learner will learn how to implement team-based methods for idea generation
  • Learner will learn techniques for idea expansion and visualisation, as well as selection, refinement, and implementation
  • With the knowledge of design thinking principles and benefits, learner will then learn how to implement design thinking within team environment
  • Exploring real-life examples, learner will learn the steps learner can take to bring design thinking to your team and overcome the hurdles may encounter
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Create Innovative Teams with Design Thinking
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Curriculum

What is design thinking?

Getting started

Introduction to Week 1

Define design thinking and explain how it differs from other approaches

Explain the benefits of design thinking for teams and organisations

Assessment

Bringing it all together

Principles of design thinking

Introduction to Week 2

The core principles of design thinking

What do these principles look like in action?

What is a well-defined problem statement?

Assessment

Bringing it all together

Team-based methods for ideation

Introduction to Week 3

Ideation, visualisation, and selection

Idea implementation

Assessment

Bringing it all together

Implementing design thinking in a team environment

Introduction to Week 4

Creating design thinking cultures

Introducing design thinking in an organisation

Hurdles to overcome

Assessment

Bringing it all together

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