Course : Managers, practicing Design Thinking with your teams

Practical course - 2d - 14h00 - Ref. DST
Price : 1360 € E.T.

Managers, practicing Design Thinking with your teams




Applying the thinking and methods of designers while fostering innovation within your team: that's the ambition of Design Thinking. This training course will enable you to enrich your practices, better understand expectations and guide your team towards finding and implementing innovative solutions.


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In person or remote class
Available in English on request

Ref. DST
  2d - 14h00
1360 € E.T.




Applying the thinking and methods of designers while fostering innovation within your team: that's the ambition of Design Thinking. This training course will enable you to enrich your practices, better understand expectations and guide your team towards finding and implementing innovative solutions.


Teaching objectives
At the end of the training, the participant will be able to:
Identify the Design Thinking method and apply it to management
Promote creativity and efficiency in team management
Rethinking work methods by putting employees at the heart of the process
Develop team well-being and productivity by encouraging problem solving

Intended audience
Line and cross-functional managers, team leaders, project managers.

Prerequisites
No special knowledge required.

Practical details
Hands-on work
Sub-group exercises on Design Thinking techniques. Bootcamp: final immersive activity to make the method your own.

Course schedule

1
A human-centred innovation method

  • Learn about the history and origins of Design Thinking.
  • Identify the benefits and advantages of this new method compared with other work organizations.
  • Understand the challenges in terms of management and human resources.
  • Integrate the 5 founding principles of Design Thinking into management.
Hands-on work
Exchange on the Design Thinking approach, focusing on empathetic, collaborative and creative aspects.

2
The Design Thinking approach applied to management

  • Master the 5-step methodology: Empathize, Define, Ideate, Prototype, Test.
  • Put the approach to practical use in management.
  • Understand the roles and missions of the "Manager designer".
  • Reinvent your organization and management practices.
Exercise
Design Thinking applications adapted to managerial situations.

3
Roll out the exploratory phase to your team

  • Observe and explore your team's behaviors and uses: the tools of design.
  • Understand your employees and gather their needs using the personas method.
  • Visualizing to find a solution: new insights from the brain.
  • User Journey mapping" for management: emotions, reflections, contact points.
Role-playing
User Journey Mapping".

4
Overview of creativity and scriptwriting techniques (ideation)

  • Combine creativity techniques and Design Thinking: photo reportage, empathy cards, bodystorming...
  • Generate ideas and reason by abduction.
  • Innovate your team and find a solution using intuitive thinking : "what if".
  • Practicing the art of disruption for management: empathic interviewing, "powers of ten"...
Exercise
Practice prototyping and testing an idea. Bootcamp: practical application from A to Z. Immersion in a real project applied to management and developed to a viable concept.


Customer reviews
4,3 / 5
Customer reviews are based on end-of-course evaluations. The score is calculated from all evaluations within the past year. Only reviews with a textual comment are displayed.
MOULOUD M.
02/10/25
5 / 5

Very good content, very practical in particular, and the quality of the trainer was top-notch.
LUCAS C.
02/10/25
4 / 5

Interesting, well-structured content. In the distance learning mode, the practical exercises involving exchanges with people outside the course seemed complicated to me because they weren't planned. The basics of design thinking are well laid out, but I would have appreciated more focus on the managerial aspect, for example with role-playing exercises or workshop presentations more focused on team management.
VIRGINIE C.
02/10/25
5 / 5

Very good training. The content is tailored to your needs and very educational.



Publication date : 02/15/2024