Design Thinking for Business Impact

Transform your business with design thinking skills! Join our one-day short course 'Design Thinking for Business Impact'.

Learn how to develop products and services that will truly spark with your customers using human-centred design thinking, and help your business stay ahead of the game.

No prior experience is needed - just curiosity and a willingness to think differently!

Taught by industry expert Clare Swallows, the course provides a hands-on, immersive introduction to design thinking. It's an approach used by many of the world's leading organisations to put customer needs at the centre of their thinking and solve complex challenges.

Through interactive exercises and real-world examples, you'll be equipped with the confidence and practical tools to think more creatively and drive business success.

Whether you're an employee or a business owner, it's ideal for anyone who wants to make smarter decisions at work. It doesn't matter whether you work in leadership, strategy, marketing, product development, or operations.

This short course will be held at the University of Waikato's Hamilton campus on Thursday, 10 April (9am to 4pm).

Spaces on the course are strictly limited, so please ensure you register as soon as possible.

Learn more and register at: www.waikato.ac.nz/shortcourses

Learning outcomes:

1. Understand the design thinking process
2. Reframe challenges from a customer perspective
3. Research techniques to develop customer-centred insights
4. Generate and test new ideas quickly and cheaply
5. Prioritise and refine solutions
6. Build alignment and creativity within teams
7. Create a roadmap for action