Foundations in Design Thinking Certificate (IDEO U)

IDEO is a company that has become synonymous with design thinking. David Kelly (also the founder of Stanford's d.school) created it, and he pioneered the essential notion of user-centered design. Through two cohort courses, Insights for Innovation and From Ideas to Action, IDEO U's Design Thinking Certification program teaches the basic skills and mentality of design thinking.

Each of these courses is 5 weeks long, and students must finish both to receive their final certificate. They can, however, take either or both of these courses separately. These IDEO courses provide a hands-on learning experience. By the end of this program, learners not only have a deeper understanding of their clients' social, emotional, and physical requirements, but they are also able to apply the methodologies and tactics to turn those needs into human-centered solutions.

Insights for Innovation, the first course, focuses on the first phase of design thinking, which is identifying customer needs. It covers the following topics:

• Developing empathy for your customers
• Identifying extreme people to observe and interview
• Planning and conducting great customer interviews
• Creating a compelling narrative about insights gained that will inspire and motivate others to innovate

The second course, From Ideas to Action, dives into the design thinking skills of ideation, prototyping, and iteration. It covers the following major topics:

• Ideation methods and techniques for coming up with an abundance of innovative ideas
• 3 Steps for Prototyping—Build, share, and reflect
• Gathering feedback, and getting to better solutions faster
• 4 Steps to Iterate—Managing risk and refining your ideas
• Running small experiments to learn from failure in a controlled environment

Key Highlights

• Gain foundational and practical understanding of the essential design thinking skills and mindsets
• Learn to use ideation techniques to quickly generate, develop, and test new ideas
• Learn how to de-risk your new ideas by gaining feedback through rapid prototypes
• Opportunities to try the skills learnt through real-world project challenges
• Taught by instructors who are subject matter experts and have led thousands of design projects across the globe
• A lot of focus on sharing and discussing ideas with a global peer network to enhance understanding
• A variety of reflective activities to help learners make the connections to their specific work challenges
• Self-paced courses with no deadline for certificate completion

Duration : 2-3 months, 4 hours per week

Google Rating : 4.6/5.0

Enroll here: ideou.com/collections/design-thinking-courses/products/design-thinking-certificate