Innovation & Design Thinking (E-Learning)

With disruption imminent in business and our daily lives, knowing how to innovate is crucial for an organisation’s survival. Design Thinking provides a solution-based approach to solving problems.

This 4-Hour Self Paced E-Learning course is designed and taught by Mark Stuart, an experienced coach who trains accelerators and incubators, governments, and MNCs on Innovation & Design Thinking. You will learn how to solve problems and challenges through the application of the design thinking framework, and learn how to drive innovation and creativity at work

• Understand the barriers to innovation and how to overcome them
• Learn how to solve problems and challenges through design thinking
• Design Thinking: Discover the systematic innovation process
• Apply the Design Thinking Framework to challenges at work and come up with a new product/service

No pre-requisites required

MODULE 1: Introduction to Innovation in Singapore and Asia

1.1 An introduction to the 4 different types of innovation

1.2 What’s holding back innovation in Singapore and beyond

1.3 Design Thinking and three key innovation challenges

1.4 An introduction to the Design Thinking Framework

MODULE 2: Empathise

2.1 Identifying your users

2.2 User Interviews and Ethnographic Research

2.3 Creating personas

2.4 User Journey Mapping

MODULE 3: Define

3.1 Synthesising your research and drawing out insights

3.2 Creating a Point of View (POV)

3.3 Generating How Might We (HMW) questions

MODULE 4: Ideation

4.1 Brainstorming principles to ensure success

4.2 Rapid ideation exercises to drive creativity

4.3 How to select the best idea for prototyping

MODULE 5: Prototyping

5.1 Low vs high fidelity prototypes

5.2 Different prototyping methods for every occasion

5.3 Completing the solution sheet for complete analysis

5.4 Processing iterations to your prototype

MODULE 6: Testing and Next Steps

6.1 Testing your prototypes with your users

6.2 How to collect and process your feedback

6.3 Next steps after Design Thinking

6.4 Common challenges faced implementing Design Thinking and how to overcome them