Design Thinking for Business Leaders

Develop Innovative Solutions Through Human Centric Problem Discovery and Creative Solutioning

Apply Design Thinking for Problem Solving through Ideation, Applied Creativity, Rapid Prototyping and experimentation.

What will you Learn?

Key Topics Covered

User Research & Insighting, Empathy Mapping, Crafting User Narratives, Value Proposition Design, Low Fidelity Prototyping, Defining MVP

Course Content

Course relevance
Learning outcomes
Introduction to topics

What is DT
Why DT now
Why DT for product leaders
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Key tenets of DT
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The mindset for DT
Empathy
Integrative thinking
Defer judgement
Embrace experimentation
Trust the process
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The Approach of Design Thinking
Empathize
Define
Ideate
Prototype
Test
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Empathize
Mindset
Methods
Fly on the wall
What-How-Why
Role playing
Empathy map
Pain-Gain Analysis
Analogous empathy
Extreme users
Journey map
Error analysis
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Define
Mindset
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Impose constraints
Historical analysis
Power of Ten
Brainstorming
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Bias for Action
Identify a variable
Methods
Paper Prototyping
Scaled Prototyping
User-driven Prototyping
Storyboarding
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Mindset
Methods
Storytelling
Feedback Capture Cards
Scenario Planning
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Summary
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What Learners Say About Our Program

Course was a fast track way for me to go from buzzword of Design Thinking to actually be able to apply in my day to day decision making. I am now more confident of being customer centric in my recommendations and decision making!

As an Engineering I was too quick to "solve" without realizing the "why" and "who" of the problem. This course removed my blindspots and gave me implementable tools & frameworks for innovation

Ideal For

Individual contributors, managers and leaders at all levels of an organization who are involved in the design, development, or improvement of products & services especially –

Product Managers, Project Managers, Program Managers, Q/A Managers, Managers, Solutions Architect, Engineers, Marketing Professionals, Sales Professionals, UI-UX designers, Business Analysts, Consultants, Entrepreneurs

Preparing you for Global Certification

Get an Industry accepted Design Thinking for Business Leaders certification from IPL that enhances your professional equity and bolsters your career profile.

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