Design Thinking

TitleTimeRoomTeacher
Design Thinking24.09.2024 09:00 - 17:00 (Tue)TUM Graduate School: Boltzmannstraße 17, 85748 Garching bei München, Raum 101Christa Forster
Design Thinking25.09.2024 09:00 - 17:00 (Wed)TUM Graduate School: Boltzmannstraße 17, 85748 Garching bei München, Raum 101Christa Forster
Keywords: 
Design Thinking, Human-centered innovation, life-centered innovation, innovation mindset, innovation method, experience-based learning
Course Description: 

Life-centered Innovation Fast Forward

An interactive and experience-based 2-day training where you learn and practice the core concepts of design thinking in a fast-forward approach. Receive a foundational, practical understanding of the essential design thinking skills and mindsets.

Course aims: 
  • Learn techniques to better understand the social, emotional and physical needs of the users of your products or services
  • Apply methods that help you translate your user needs into life-centered solutions
  • Use ideation techniques to quickly generate, develop and test new ideas
  • Reduce the risk of your new ideas by obtaining feedback through rapid prototypes
  • Demonstrate your new skills using concrete, real-life project tasks, such as prototypes of products and services
Teaching methods: 

Experience-based learning, creating safe spaces, space for self-reflection, collaborative learning, real-world learning, learning by examples, feedback loops.

This course fits doctoral candidates in the following phase: 

At the beginning of the doctorate │ during the doctorate │ at the end of the doctorate

Participation requirements: 

None.

Technical requirements: 

None.

Course preparation: 

None.

Additional information: 

None.

Category: 
Fachübergreifende Veranstaltung
Event type: 
Seminar/Workshop
Organizer: 
Graduate School Geschäftsstelle
Responsibility for event: 
Geteilte Verantwortung
Role of graduate center: 
UnternehmerTUM
Format: 
In Präsenz
Course Language: 
EN
Course Capacity (Max): 
12
Course capacity (Min): 
1
Duration in hours: 
14
Financial contribution: 
40 Euro
Trainer: 
Christa Forster

Christa Forster has a background in innovation management, brand strategy and UX, driving collaborative, courageous and life-centered approaches for teams and organizations. Responsible action drives her.