Overview
What you will study
Design Thinking is:
- A collection of methods and tools for inventive Problem-solving.
- An innovation method that enables the creation of new products and services – both for existing businesses and for start-ups.
You will benefit from the Design Thinking Practitioner course offered by University of Oxford if:
- You want to start your journey towards becoming a Design Thinking practitioner
- You have a basic need for Design Thinking:
- You are looking for a way to boost innovation and creativity in your organisation
- You want to develop new products and services for an existing business
- You are involved in a charity or social enterprise and are searching for creative methods to boost the impact of your organisation
- You want to get involved in start-ups and need a route into your first ‘killer product’
- You want a route into launching and running real Design Thinking projects
Programme Structure
The program focuses on:
- What is Design Thinking?
- Design Thinking worked for them: Case studies in Design Thinking
- The Design Thinking process in detail
- Ethnography: Observing customers and users
- Making sense of observations: Finding patterns and looking for connections
- Finding high-value problem to solve
- Rapid testing and evolution of best solutions
- Building individual and corporate creativity
- Leveraging your ‘will to create’
- Design Thinking projects
- Establishing the team
- Building your workspace
- Establishing rituals and culture
- Project patterns
- Linking Design Thinking to business Return on Investment
- Business testing for products and services
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 3 days
Start dates & application deadlines
- StartingApplication deadline not specified.
Language
Delivered
Disciplines
Innovation Management View 51 other Short Courses in Innovation Management in United KingdomAcademic 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.
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Other requirements
General requirements
- The Design Thinking Practitioner course is designed for everybody who has an interest in solving problems and building something new.
Tuition Fee
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International
1295 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 1295 GBP for the full programme during 3 days. -
National
1295 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 1295 GBP for the full programme during 3 days.
Living costs for Oxford
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.