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Course Date:
TBA
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Registration Period:
TBA
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Duration/Frequency:
56 hours
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Mode of Training:
Blended (F2F & Online Synchronous) / On-the-Job Training
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Venue:
Singapore Polytechnic
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Funding:
Eligible for SkillsFuture Credit
The best way to master a skillset is through experiential learning, developing the understanding of the skillsets and to be able to teach that skillset. This course will provide participants with the multiple objectives of skillset mastery and transmission. <br><br>Moving beyond the theory, participants will contextualise previously acquired design thinking skills as they work on a real client project, scope the project, conduct fieldwork, identify opportunities for innovation, experiment and design ideas and finally, presenting their design user centric solutions to clients and stakeholders to test its validity. <br><br>With the experiential learning, they will acquire the skillsets necessary to facilitate a design thinking workshop and apply the skillsets to actually conduct segment of the workshop themselves.
This course aims to equip aspiring Design Thinking professionals with the skillsets necessary to champion Design Thinking projects, exercise the influence needed to drive innovation in their organisation by inspiring others on how they can innovate. <br><br>This eight-day course will span over a period of three months where participants will embark on an experiential real client project as they master the Design Thinking skillsets through applying the design thinking methodology as well as deepening their learning through facilitating design thinking workshop and projects. <br><br>At the end of the course, participants will be able to master the Design Thinking skillsets necessary to lead change/ innovation successfully in their team and their organisation.
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
1. Apply the fundamental of Human-centred approach for successful innovation
2. Demonstrate and advice stakeholder in innovation or change management
3. Manage and facilitate design thinking projects
Topics to be covered
1. Design Thinking Methodology as a whole
2. Project scoping with client
3. Ethnography Research
4. Sensemaking to distil Insights, Journey Mapping, Identify Opportunities
5. Ideation and Concept Development
6. Prototyping and Developing Design Brief
7. Implementing Ideas and Evaluating Impact
8. Facilitating and shadowing of Design Thinking workshop