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Find out more about the workshops at the HPI Academy. Participants will experience high educational units for professionals in the field of innovation.

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Learn flexibly online with the HPI Academy.

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You want your team to use Design Thinking? The HPI Academy is experienced in creating individual coaching concepts that guide you through your innovationprojects.

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Design Thinking is a structured approach to innovation that creates user-centric products, services or experiences through multidisciplinary teams, flexible working environments and a creative process. The formats of the HPI Academy support you in learning the methods of Design Thinking and/or applying them to your own projects.

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We are driven by our passion and enthusiasm for Design Thinking and IT. Our expertise and profound experience with numerous projects make us a competent and reliable partner.

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Design Thinking Introduction

Whether you want to discover and apply design thinking for yourself as an individual or engage an entire department or organization with Design Thinking, we will create the learning experience that best suits your needs.

HPI Academy's Introduction to Design Thinking workshop is one of the most established Design Thinking learning formats in the world. Hundreds of professionals from all industries have discovered Design Thinking for themselves and their organization in recent years in these highly sought-after courses. In keeping with the spirit of Design Thinking, the program is constantly evolving. Each course deals with a new question to which the Design Thinking process is applied.

Target group

The workshops are designed for professionals and executives from all industries who are expected to solve complex problems on a regular basis and who want to experience a first introduction to Design Thinking. 

  • Per day 6 hours virtual workshop accompanied by our experienced coaches.
  • We use zoom and miro for this. No previous knowledge is necessary! We get you on board!

 

Register now here for the workshop in October 2021.

 

It is also possible to book introductory workshops exclusively for your company as online workshops or presence workshops. These can take place at your location or at the Hasso Plattner Institute in Potsdam. Find out more about booking your own workshop here.  We also regularly offer open workshops in Potsdam, for which participants can register directly.

Introduction to Design Thinking in Potsdam

This hands-on workshop extends over three days. On the first day, the participants receive an intensive introduction to the method in the form of various lectures and exercises and experience how amazing results can be achieved in the shortest possible time. The main part of the course is dedicated to a real project in which the participants join a multidisciplinary team to develop solutions for a concrete issue and run through an entire Design Thinking process. Short theoretical introductions to methods and tools alternate with practical experience and subsequent reflection.

Overview of the workshop days

First day of workshop:

On the first day, the participants receive an intensive introduction to the process and mindset in the form of various lectures and exercises and experience how results can be achieved in the shortest possible time. The special focus of the day is on the phases of understanding and observing from the design thinking process. A happy hour for networking rounds off this day.

Start: 9.00 h End: 20.00 h
Second day of workshop:

The focus of the second day will be on the phases of synthesis, prototyping and testing as well as iteration. At the different stages of the Design Thinking process, participants will learn about different methods that are applied in the team. Each team is accompanied by an experienced Design Thinking Coach.

Start: 9.00 h End: 17.15 h
Third day of workshop:

The third day of workshop is the Reflection of methods and collaboration. Which method is suitable for which process step? How do the tools differ and what do they have in common? How did the cooperation in a diverse team go? Impulse lectures and exercises also offer participants an outlook on the next steps in their own company.  

Start: 9.00 h End: 16.30 h

Benefits

  • Work in small teams of max. 6 people with the intensive support of experienced Design Thinking Coaches.
  • Get to know tools and methods for solution development and learn to apply them professionally.
  • Experience a new working culture based on empathy, playful testing and a user-centric approach.
  • Meet people from diverse professional backgrounds, expand your network and develop new perspectives.
  • Learn from professionals from our Certification Program for Design Thinking Coaches, who work in a range of business and industry backgrounds and who will provide inputs and/or be available for discussions on different ways of applying Design Thinking
  • Be equipped with a photo documentation, slides, materials and literature recommendations, so that you can continue directly after the course
  • Become a part of our alumni network and benefit from exclusive invitations to HPI Design Thinking events

  • Price advantage when booking the HPI certification program for Design Thinking Coaches. Participants who started their learning journey with us by successfully completing our Design Thinking Introduction / Design Thinking Open Course Basic in 2018, 2019 or 2020 can apply a credit of 3000€ (from the in-person course) or 2500€ (from the online course) toward their registration in one of our certification programs in 2021. Participants who have already registered for our certification programs prior to 2021 are excluded from this offer.

Details

  • Duration: 3 days
  • Location: Design Thinking ProSpace at the HPI Potsdam
  • Language: German
  • Costs: 3000.- EUR (plus VAT) 
  • includes: participation, materials, transport to and from offsite workshop locations if needed, 1 Coach per max. 6 participants, all meals and Happy Hour (network event)

 

Contact

For more information on our services please contact:
 

Franziska Luft Projektmanagerin bei der HPI Academy
Franziska Luft (Companies with 6 or more participants)

by phone: (+49) 331 5509-553 e-mail: info(at)hpi-academy.de

Dr. Julia Oberhofer Projektmanagerin bei der HPI Academy
Dr. Julia Oberhofer (individual participants)

by phone: (+49) 331 5509-565 e-mail: info@hpi-academy.de

Dates and Registration

Introduction to Design Thinking

Feedback from our participants

"Thanks for your fantastic efforts during the Open Course. We both felt the energy and effort that was generated by you all was absolutely outstanding! Your course has generated a lot of discussion during our travels. We look forward to applying the processes and your insights when we return to work."

Chris & Linda Hemstrom,

Linfox Logistics & Navitas (Australia) 

 

"I want to thank you for the excellent 3 days of the Open Course in Design Thinking: I found it to be very informative and inspiring. I really enjoyed these great 3 days and I’m happy I signed up for the Open Course: time well invested! I would also like to congratulate you & the team for the excellent work in time management, organization, logistics: it was all perfect."

Geoge Droumev,

Technical Director, Coca-Cola GmbH

 

“I've just completed your Open Course on Design Thinking. It was amazingly good!”

Sabine Gourmain,

Danone Research

 

"THANK YOU for very inspiring days in Potsdam.  It was super practical, thought provoking and incredibly inspiring.  Your team made the experience truly awesome. The way you manage the course in terms of time, facilitation (technical and practical) and team engagement should be the poster-child for how others should manage a course. It was incredibly professional. Hope you keep it up and we will definitely send more people your way."

Bettina Frimann Larsen,

Marcura Equities FZE, Dubai

 

"Thank you again for your great guidance throughout the training programme. It was a great experience and we received food for thought and new tools to implement. Another important factor was the group of people you brought together: experts from the industry, the coaches and design thinkers from various backgrounds."

Sabine Janssen,

Maastricht University

Kommentare zum Open Course an der HPI Academy

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