Leading Remote Teams

You want to lead your project teams safely even in virtual space, design team collaboration interactively and navigate your Design Thinking projects with success through the critical work phases. In this one-day workshop, you will learn to use the potential of the virtual space under the guidance of experienced Design Thinking coaches. 

Goals

• You discover, how to use the virtual space in an ideal way for result-driven work.
• You learn how to use the methods of virtual team building.
• You will learn how to apply Design Thinking methods specifically within your project work.
• You train your leadership skills and use the potential of the virtual space for your innovation projects.

The workshop focuses on four elementary questions of team performance in the virtual space: 

1. Which Design Thinking skills are important for team leaders to manage and guide remote teams? 
2. How do I develop a concept that makes optimal use of the conditions in the digital space to achieve the working goals of an innovation session? 
3. How can I activate my team through targeted virtual teambuilding and warm-up methods and guide them through the different Design Thinking phases? 
4. How do I design the critical work phases of a Design Thinking project in the digital space?  

• • Observe and explore user needs with cultural probes. 
  • Prototyping for user interaction and feedback with methods like virtual roleplay and interactive storyboards. 

Benefits

• Certificate of participation from the HPI Academy. Participation can be credited towards the HPI Academy certificate “Innovation Excellence”. 
• Immediate applicability of what you have learned in your daily work. 
• Exchange experiences with participants from different industries and working capacities, and expand your professional network. 
• Documentation of all work results. 
• Experience-based training through practical exercises combined with reflection and feedback rounds. 
• Close supervision by experienced coaches in small working groups (max. 6 participants).