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Design Thinking
Fundamentals
2 Days
Learn the core principles of design thinking on our concentrated course. Our expert coaches will give you a solid introduction to the theory and then take you straight onto ‘learning through doing’.
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Catherine Collins
Service Designer and Facilitator
More than Metrics
Holly May Mahoney
Facilitator & Associate
Freelance
Belinda Abbott
Head of Faculty
Design Thinkers Academy
Blythe Wild
Producer
Design Thinkers Academy
Shanna Bent
Customer Relationship Coordinator
Design Thinkers Academy
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26th – 27th Sept
09.00 – 18.00 
1-2 Silex St, London 
Design Thinkers
Bootcamp
5 Days
Join us on our intensive Bootcamp and you’ll explore every stage of the design and innovation cycle. You’ll build your knowledge, from user-centric research to prototyping ideas to the final pitch.
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Joe Ferry
Brand & Experience Architect
Becky Rowe
Ethnography & research guru
Clive Grinyer
Consultant & Service Designer
David Kester
Co-founder, Design Thinking Expert
Arnoud Koning
Design Thinking Facilitator
Belinda Abbott
Head of Faculty
Design Thinkers Academy
Shanna Bent
Customer Relationship Coordinator
Design Thinkers Academy
Blythe Wild
Producer
Design Thinkers Academy
Goldie Chaudhuri
Learning Designer
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14th-18th October
09.00 – 18:00 1-2 Silex St, London 
Design Thinking
Facilitation
2 Days
Take your facilitation skills to the next level, supported by our coaches. In our dynamic two-day course, you’ll hone the skills you need to guide innovation and service design in business.
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Arnoud Koning
Design Thinking Facilitator
Fiona Myles
Leading Brand Strategist
Holly May Mahoney
Facilitator & Associate
Freelance
Blythe Wild
Producer
Design Thinkers Academy
Belinda Abbott
Head of Faculty
Design Thinkers Academy
Shanna Bent
Customer Relationship Coordinator
Design Thinkers Academy
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21st – 22nd October
09.00 – 18.00 1-2 Silex St, London 
Facilitation
Mastery
2 Days
Maximise the impact of your workshops, design sprints and team interactions with this highly practical self-development course. We’ll help you master expert tools and group dynamics to drive innovation.
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Holly May Mahoney
Facilitator & Associate
Freelance
Arnoud Koning
Design Thinking Facilitator
Belinda Abbott
Head of Faculty
Design Thinkers Academy
Shanna Bent
Customer Relationship Coordinator
Design Thinkers Academy
Blythe Wild
Producer
Design Thinkers Academy
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14th Nov – 15th Nov
09.00 – 18:00 1-2 Silex St, London Companies Graduated
Companies Graduated
These skills will go with you anywhere; invest in your future - you’ll think of the world differently - do it!
Gary Hartley, General Manager, GS1 New Zealand
The Design Thinkers Academy is all you need to start changing your company's design culture.
Miquel Mora, Technicolor
The Design Thinkers Academy courses will change your perspective and deepen your customer insights.
Robin Mahadeo, PricewaterhouseCoopers UK
At the Design Thinkers Bootcamp I discovered a whole set of tools that I could put into action immediately.
Cécile Michel, Alstom Transport
This bootcamp made me live and breath design thinking and it wouldn't have been possible without David and the eminent coaches.
Kranthi Bairi, Head of Delivery, Atos
I left this course feeling genuinely empowered to change the way we do things for the better. Thank you!
Toby Garrood, Consultant Rheumatologist at Guy's and St Thomas' (NHS Foundation Trust)
Tailor a course
TAILOR A COURSE
We have a long track record of designing customised courses for business. You can tailor any of our open courses for your organisation. Ask us to run a one-off stimulus workshop, train your leaders in design thinking or help you build an innovation culture across your business.
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The Plastics Cloud - The Story
The Plastics Cloud - The Story
Daniel Boettcher
Long Read
The Plastics Cloud - How a unique collaboration between technology and design thinking is pointing to new ways of reducing plastic waste.
Read allTransforming Sales with Design Thinking
Transforming Sales with Design Thinking
Charles Orton-Jones
Design Thinking
Learn all about how design thinking is impacting sales, as David Kester is interviewed for Raconteur's Sales Performance Report for the Times, by Charles Orton-Jones.
Read allInnovation in the Circular Economy
Innovation in the Circular Economy
Ben Crisp
Human-Centred Design
We teamed up with Advance London and some exciting circular economy SMEs for a second workshop - this time looking at user-centred innovation for circular business.
Read allMeet our coaches
All of our coaches are practitioners at the frontline of business and design. We love what we do and we'd like you to meet one of our very own.
Meet Arnoud Koning
Arnoud Koning is a highly experienced Facilitation coach. He has been an active proponent of design thinking at Procter & Gamble since 2008.
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