Design Thinking Training in Leon

This live, instructor-led training in Leon (online or in-person) is designed for beginner to intermediate-level professionals who want to understand and apply Design Thinking methodologies to drive innovation and improve business solutions.

Upon completing this training, participants will be capable of:

• Grasping the fundamental principles of Design Thinking and its impact on innovation.
• Applying the five stages of Design Thinking to tackle problems.
• Employing ideation techniques and tools to stimulate creativity.
• Executing Design Thinking strategies to optimize processes and boost efficiency.

This instructor-led, live training in Leon (online or onsite) is aimed at beginner-level to intermediate-level participants who wish to solve everyday workplace challenges through gamification techniques.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand the principles of Design Thinking and its application to problem-solving.
• Incorporate gamification techniques to foster engagement and innovation.
• Develop creative and practical solutions to common workplace issues.
• Collaborate effectively across teams to implement problem-solving strategies.
• Apply iterative approaches to refine solutions through feedback and experimentation.

This instructor-led, live training in Leon (online or onsite) is aimed at beginner-level leaders and HR professionals who wish to learn and apply Design Thinking methodologies to foster innovation, enhance problem-solving capabilities, and engage teams effectively.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Equip participants with tools and methodologies to foster innovation and team engagement.
• Develop skills in empathy mapping, ideation, and prototyping for solving complex challenges.
• Apply Design Thinking principles to leadership and HR scenarios.
• Promote a culture of innovation within tech teams.

In this instructor-led, live workshop training in Leon (online or onsite), participants will learn how to apply the five stages of Design Thinking to better understand the problems experienced by end-users of a product or service, then develop the best approach for resolving them.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Use creative strategies to match customers' needs with technologically feasible solutions.
• Formulate a strategy to increase customer value and enhance product and service offerings.

Overview:

The Design Thinking (DT) process comprises five distinct stages: empathizing, defining the problem, ideating, prototyping, and testing.

In today’s increasingly complex landscape, we encounter challenges that demand specialized approaches. Design Thinking offers a robust framework for navigating these complexities. By mastering Design Thinking, professionals can effectively tackle intricate problems, improve communication, persuade more efficiently, enhance business outcomes, and elevate both organizational dynamics and individual performance.

• Understanding DT: Learning from users and the problem at hand, identifying patterns, developing models (including model drift), testing these models, evaluating outcomes, and re-engineering solutions.
• Connecting DT with innovation and entrepreneurship.
• DT methodologies and tools: personas, stakeholder maps, customer journey maps, service blueprints, and business model innovation.
• Practical applications of DT: fostering a design mindset, driving disruptive innovation, utilizing iterative approaches and agile estimation techniques, sharpening critical thinking and problem-solving skills, enhancing teamwork, building leadership readiness, refining communication abilities, cultivating technological fluency, promoting forward-thinking, developing intercultural and ethical competencies, boosting emotional intelligence and self-awareness, mastering negotiation skills, and resolving conflicts.

Objectives:

• To grasp the fundamental principles and subtleties of DT.
• To explore core concepts, influencing factors, theories, types, and models within DT.
• To engage in experimentation, hands-on experience, and practical application of DT.

Delivery Format:

This is a 1-day (4-hour) training course structured as follows:

• Lectures (40%): Presentation of theories, concepts, models, and interactive discussions.
• Group exercises (30%): Activities focusing on group dynamics, games, group discussions, and simulated conflict resolution.
• Individual activities (15%): Tasks involving writing, designing, and peer feedback.
• Additional resources (15%): Videos and reading materials.

Note: Due to the interactive nature of this course, a minimum group size of 3 participants is required.