Design Thinking Crash Get Your Certificate

Solve your design thinking challenge in class | Real workshop example | Practical templates & methods | With certificate

Last updated 2022-01-10 | 4.5

- Learning the 5 Design Thinking steps and their application in practice
- Learn Design Thinking by working through YOUR OWN challenge
- Learn Design Thinking in a very structured and efficient way

What you'll learn

Learning the 5 Design Thinking steps and their application in practice

Learn Design Thinking by working through YOUR OWN challenge

Learn Design Thinking in a very structured and efficient way

* Requirements

* No previous Design Thinking knowledge required.
* Active engagement with and completition of the course assignments is required to earn the personally signed Design Thinking Certificate.

Description

Take part in the Design Thinking crash course since 2018. This is the brand new English version, based on 2 years of participants' feedback and the experiences of our live crash courses in Berlin.

Spend around 3 hours to get your certificate:

85min core video content (theory lessons + working through an example challenge)
Additional 105min homework to work through your own Design Thinking Challenge (in parallel to the course) if you want to acquire the Design Thinking Certificate from Responsive Strategy. We are a member of the Design Thinking Association.

This is a step-by-step guide of how to use the Design Thinking approach to solve your challenge in the area of product, service, business, organization or corporate strategy. You will also learn how to facilitate a Design Thinking workshop. You can work on your own challenge parallel to the course or just listen to everything and learn how Design Thinking works using our example challenge.

The Crash Course includes:

1.5 hours of videos including insights into an example Design Thinking Challenge
Templates to use for your Design Thinking challenge at home, at work or during a workshop (with our permission for continued use)
A step by step "homework" for working on your own challenge (optional)
Quizzes to check your learning progress
Templates that can be downloaded as word or powerpoint - for continued use after the course
A pdf handout at the end of the course that summarizes your learnings and as a backup for your own workshop or project

Download the following templates with the permission to use it after the course:

Market / situation analysis questions
Interview template
Empathy map
Define template
Disney methods template
Now-wow-how matrix
Prototype template
Feedback template

This is the Udemy course based on the teaching concept used in Design Thinking Crash Course Meetup in Berlin with already more than 1,300 members. This group was founded by Julia Lettinger in 2018 and is now the German chapter of the worldwide Design Thinking Association. The learning concept has been tried and tested many times.

The Design Thinking Crash Course is based on:

2 years feedback from Udemy course participants (the German version of this course is live since 2018)
Julia Lettinger's practical experience from numerous design thinking workshops and trainings
The application of design thinking in Responsive Strategy's national and international consulting projects in the field of strategy and innovation
Julia Lettinger's teaching experience as a lecturer of strategy methods at the Berlin School of Economics and Law

Who this course is for:

Anyone who wants to develop innovative concepts, products and services using the Design Thinking method.
Innovators
Employees
Entrepreneurs
Startups
Designers

Course content

9 sections • 36 lectures

Welcome and Course Structure 2 lectures

Welcome and Introduction Preview 01:32

Julia Lettinger is the founder of Responsive Strategy (www.responsive-strategy.com), a boutique strategy consultancy based in Berlin.

Course Structure Preview 01:16

What is special about this course? You have the option to work on your own Design Thinking Challenge during the course.

Introduction to Design Thinking 6 lectures

Application of Design Thinking and Mindset Preview 04:09

Solve challenges in the areas of product, service, business, change management and strategy through going from problem to solution.

Download your Course Handout Preview 00:31

The Design Thinking Principles Preview 04:58

Understand the most important design thinking principles.

The Design Thinking Challenge Preview 03:58

Formulate a Design Thinking Challenge.

Think About a Challenge that you Want to Solve with Design Thinking

Homework from Lesson 6: Think of a design thinking challenge that you might want to solve during this course. It can be a challenge from work, private life or a project you are working on. You will use this challenge to work through all your assignments during this course. Learning by doing ;-)

The Design Thinking Process Preview 05:53

Design Thinking is a 5-stage stakeholder-focused approach, structured according to the "Double Diamond" principle.

EMPATHIZE - Understand the Problem (Step 1) 4 lectures

Empathize Phase - Step by Step Guide (incl. templates) Preview 11:39

What is the challenge you are working on? A new product or a new process? Before you brainstorm solutions, it is helpful to look at the problem at bit closer. What are the core aspects? What is really behind it? What do you really want to solve?

Test your Knowledge

Test yourself!

Live Example from a Design Thinking Workshop Preview 02:38

Work through the 5 Design Thinking steps using the example challenge: "How might the perfect holiday booking process look like?". The video describes the Design Thinking step "Empathize - understand the problem".

Empathize with Your Challenge

1) Research your challenge (topics, trends, etc.) 2) Conduct an interview with a stakeholder (or several) Use the templates from the lecture "Empathize"

DEFINE: (Re)define the Problem (Step 2) 4 lectures

Define Phase - Step by Step Guide (incl. templates) Preview 07:04

Specify the challenge you want to tackle. Which target group and which aspect do you focus on? What is the core of the problem that you need to solve?

Test your Knowledge

Test yourself!

Live Example from a Design Thinking Workshop Preview 04:07

Work through the 5 Design Thinking steps using the example challenge: "How might the perfect holiday booking process look like?". The video describes the Design Thinking step "Define - (Re)define the Problem".

Define or Redefine Your Problem

1) Fill out the Empathy Map 2) Fill out the Define Template Use the templates from the Lectures in the "Define Phase"

IDEATE - Generate Ideas and Select the Best Ones (Step 3) 5 lectures

Ideate Phase Part 1 - Generate Ideas (Step-by-Step Guide) Preview 09:16

In this phase you are getting creative. Here you can brainstorm, have visions, be creative. Everything is allowed and even desired. It works even better in a team.

Ideate Phase Part 2 - Select & Filter (Step-by-Step Guide) Preview 05:32

Learn how to select and filter out your best ideas.

Test your Knowledge

Test yourself!

Live Example from a Design Thinking Workshop Preview 06:06

Work through the 5 Design Thinking steps using the example challenge: "How might the perfect holiday booking process look like?". The video describes the Design Thinking step "Ideate - Generate ideas".

Ideate Solutions to Your Challenge

1) Generate ideas 2) Choose the best ones

PROTOTYPE - Develop a prototype (Step 4) 4 lectures

Prototype Phase - Step by Step Guide (incl. templates) Preview 07:58

Time to get practical! With simple materials you can visualize the prototype of your favorite idea. The main thing is to create something simple, quickly and in an inexpensive way.

Test your Knowledge

Test yourself!

Live Example from a Design Thinking Workshop Preview 04:07

Work through the 5 Design Thinking steps using the example challenge: "How might the perfect holiday booking process look like?". The video describes the Design Thinking step "Prototype - Create something you can test".

Prototype Your Ideas

Create a prototype or a concept that you can test with the stakeholders.

TEST - Test your Prototype (Step 5) 4 lectures

Test Phase: Step by Step Guide (incl. templates) Preview 04:07

Test your prototype - the visualisation of your idea(s) - with the stakeholders and obtain feedback. Iterate and improve your prototype as long as needed.

Test your Knowledge

Test yourself!

Live Example from a Design Thinking Workshop Preview 03:05

Work through the 5 Design Thinking steps using the example challenge: "How might the perfect holiday booking process look like?". The video describes the Design Thinking step "Test - test your prototype".

Test Your Prototype

1) Test your prototype 2) Write down the feedback 3) Iterate until the test is positive. If necessary, use the template in the download area.

Final Test, Summary and Certificate 4 lectures

Final Test

This test is summarizing the essentials from all the lessons.

Congratulations Preview 02:38

When you get here, you have successfully passed the course. You have now the option of sending one worksheet for each of the 5 Design Thinking steps to [email protected] in order to receive your course certificate.