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Introduction to Design Thinking

Dates & Times: 5/10, 2023 (9am-2:45pm live and 2:45pm-5pm optional) || 5/17, 2023 (9am-5pm live) || 5/24, 2023 (9am-3:15pm live and 3:15pm-5pm optional)
Location: Virtual
Agenda and course description

Design thinking, a human-centered approach utilized by many of today's most creative and competitive organizations, helps teams from various industries and backgrounds produce the innovative solutions to compete in today’s dynamic world of work.

In our Introduction to Design Thinking course, learn how to leverage research, ideation, and prototyping to tackle even the hardest business challenges. Collaborate with industry peers and explore creative approaches to problem solving, while learning the basics of design thinking methodology.

This unique course embraces multiple academic perspectives (design and design theory, organizational behavior, and social psychology) to provide participants with a rich, hands-on learning experience where they attempt to solve problems from real-world business scenarios. This course is for any professional who wants to bring innovative thinking into their organization.

Introduction to Design Thinking can be taken as a stand alone course or as a prerequisite for the Executive Certificate in Design Thinking for Innovation.

Who Should Attend

  • Rising managers who want to lead innovative teams
  • Professionals who want to be exposed to a new way of solving problems
  • Leaders and teams who face complex challenges


For JHU benefits eligible faculty and staff members only:
If you are a full-time, benefits-eligible faculty or staff member who has been employed by JHU for at least 120 days, and continue in a full-time position while enrolled in courses, you are eligible to receive tuition remission.

This benefit covers only noncredit courses offered through a Continuing Education Unit of one of JHU’s academic divisions, the Berman Institute, Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, Sheridan Libraries, or Executive Programs offered through the Carey Business School. This plan is available to full-time faculty, staff, and bargaining unit members only. Retirees are not eligible for this benefit. You receive 100% remission if your department certifies the course benefits your professional development and your department is willing to pay if you do not attend the course or if you cancel with less than one week’s notice. The one-week cancellation notice is waived only for emergencies with written documentation.

There is an annual limit of 2 classes per calendar year for noncredit professional development courses taken at JHU (effective 2023).

For more information on this policy, please refer to the HR website.

 

Details

05/10/2023 09:00 AM - 05/24/2023 04:00 PM
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Johns Hopkins University, Carey Business School