Design Thinking Crash Course (New: With AI Role Plays)
Why take this course?
🎓 Design Thinking Crash Course | From Beginner to Practitioner
🚀 Course Headline: Solve your design thinking challenge in class | Real examples | Practical templates & methods | Certificate [2024]
What's Inside the Design Thinking Crash Course?
🕒 Time Investment: Spend around 3 hours to get your certificate* and master Design Thinking!
- 85 min of core video content, blending theory lessons with a hands-on approach to an example challenge.
- Additional 105 min homework task to work through your own Design Thinking Challenge (optional for the Certificate from Responsive Strategy).
🎥 Course Highlights:
- A comprehensive, step-by-step guide on applying Design Thinking in various domains: product, service, business, organization, and corporate strategy.
- Learn how to facilitate a Design Thinking workshop while working on your own challenge or simply by observing our example.
- Engaging video content that covers insights into an actual Design Thinking Challenge (1.5 hours).
What You'll Get:
📑 Templates and Resources:
- Templates to apply to your own challenge, which you can use after the course with permission.
- Market / situation analysis questions
- Interview template
- Empathy map
- Define template
- Disney methods template
- Now-wow-how matrix
- Prototype template
- Feedback template
🖥️ Downloadable Materials:
- Word and PowerPoint templates for continued use.
- A comprehensive pdf handout that summarizes your learnings, perfect for backup during your own workshop or project.
Earning a Certificate:
- Upon course completion, you can download the Udemy certificate of completition for free (no learning success verification).
- For a more detailed Confirmation of Participation from Responsive Strategy, a small processing fee applies (no learning success verification).
- To prove your achievement with learning success verification, opt for a 1:1 session with Julia Lettinger at the end of the course for an additional fee. Upon successful completion, you'll receive a Certificate of Achievement from Responsive Strategy.
About the Course:
This Udemy course is based on the teaching concept used in the Design Thinking Crash Course Meetup in Berlin, with over 1,500 members since its founding by Julia Lettinger in 2018. It's the German chapter of the worldwide Design Thinking Association. The learning concept has been tested and refined many times.
Why Choose This Course?
I'm Julia Lettinger, the founder of Responsive Strategy, a strategy and digital transformation consultancy in Berlin. With years of experience teaching Design Thinking and applying it in real-world scenarios, I've established a strong foundation for this course. My journey includes:
- Teaching Strategic Management at the HWR Berlin since 2017.
- Being a Design Thinking Facilitator at the Silicon Valley Design Thinking Club and LISA LEAD Startup Incubator at Stanford University (since 2021).
- Leading the Berlin chapter of the international Design Thinking Association.
🎓 Your Next Steps:
Join me in this transformative learning journey. If for any reason you're not satisfied with the course, you can get a full refund within 30 days! So why wait? Dive into Design Thinking today and transform your approach to problem-solving and innovation.
Best regards, Julia Lettinger
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Comidoc Review
Our Verdict
This Design Thinking Crash Course provides a solid foundation for beginners, with structured content, engaging exercises, and valuable resources. However, it could benefit from a more extensive exploration of practical examples, an explicit definition at the start, and enhanced clarity on certain course materials. Overall, it's an excellent starting point for those looking to understand this creative problem-solving approach.
What We Liked
- The course offers a well-structured and efficient approach to learning Design Thinking, making it easy for students to understand complex topics.
- Plenty of engaging exercises and resources are provided throughout the course to enrich the learning experience.
- Learners appreciate the engaging delivery style and the instructor's expertise in breaking down intricate concepts into easily digestible parts.
- The course offers long-term value for those looking to grasp design thinking fundamentals and apply them in various contexts.
Potential Drawbacks
- Some students feel that there is a lack of real-world, practical examples within the course content.
- A few learners mention that they would have appreciated an explicit definition of Design Thinking at the beginning of the course.
- The course might benefit from including more information on building personas for the Empathy phase.
- It is noted that some content, such as the Application sketch mentioned in a handout, seems to be missing or not adequately addressed.