Design Thinking and Innovation, Certificate | Part time online | Harvard Business School Online | United States
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Design Thinking and Innovation

2 months
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1750 USD/full
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About

The Design Thinking and Innovation from Harvard Business School Online will teach you how to leverage fundamental design thinking principles and innovative problem-solving tools to address business challenges and build products, strategies, teams, and environments for optimal use and performance.

Overview

The Design Thinking and Innovation from Harvard Business School Online features five weeks of course content and two weeks of project work, enabling you to put your learning into practice. 

You’ll have the opportunity to collaborate and problem-solve with your peers, who come from a wide range of professional experiences, backgrounds, and countries. In the process, you’ll build your network while gaining insights you can apply to your own organization.

What you'll learn

  • Approach problems using structured methods of gathering observations, breaking cognitive fixedness, and generating creative ideas for solutions
  • Apply creative solutions and behavior-change analysis to innovation development and internal team processes
  • Develop a strategic innovation toolkit and learn when and how to apply design thinking and innovative problem-solving tools and exercises
  • Practice empathy in applying a human-centered approach to design techniques, such as user research, user experience, prototyping, and journey mapping
  • Assess group dynamics and improve team performance through tools and processes designed to enhance collaboration and iteration in development
  • Guide teams to draw from a wide range of professional experiences and backgrounds and create stronger collaboration dynamics to heighten their approach to innovation

Programme Structure

Courses included:

  • Content Week - Clarify: Empathy and Understanding
  • Project Week - Clarify
  • Content Week - Ideate, Part 1: Tools for Generating Ideas
  • Content Week - Ideate, Part 2: User Values and Behaviors
  • Project Week - Ideate
  • Content Week - Develop: An Experimentation Mindset
  • Content Week - Implement: Communication and Structure

Key information

Duration

  • Part-time
    • 2 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Language

English

Delivered

Online
  • Self-paced

Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Other requirements

General requirements

  • The easy online application is free, and no special documentation is required. All applicants must be at least 18 years of age, proficient in English, and committed to learning and engaging with fellow participants throughout the course. We confirm enrollment eligibility within one week of your application.

Tuition Fee

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  • International

    1750 USD/full
    Tuition Fee
    Based on the tuition of 1750 USD for the full programme during 2 months.
  • National

    1750 USD/full
    Tuition Fee
    Based on the tuition of 1750 USD for the full programme during 2 months.

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