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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 educator
More than Metrics
Holly May Mahoney
Design Lead
Design Thinkers Academy
Belinda Abbott
Head of Faculty
Design Thinkers Academy
Blythe Wild
Programme Coordinator
Design Thinkers Academy
Shanna Bent
Customer Relationship Coordinator
Design Thinkers Academy
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28th – 29th Mar
09.00 – 18.00 
Central 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
Eddie Obeng
Innovation & change leader
Becky Rowe
Ethnography & research guru
David Kester
Design evangelist & orchestrator
Arne van Oosterom
Service designer
Arnoud Koning
Design thinking champion
Tim Schuurman
Leading design thinker
Holly May Mahoney
Design Lead
Design Thinkers Academy
Belinda Abbott
Head of Faculty
Design Thinkers Academy
Shanna Bent
Customer Relationship Coordinator
Design Thinkers Academy
Blythe Wild
Programme Coordinator
Design Thinkers Academy
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3rd – 7th June
09.00 – 18:00 Central 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 champion
Fiona Myles
Leading brand strategist
Holly May Mahoney
Design Lead
Design Thinkers Academy
Blythe Wild
Programme Coordinator
Design Thinkers Academy
Belinda Abbott
Head of Faculty
Design Thinkers Academy
Shanna Bent
Customer Relationship Coordinator
Design Thinkers Academy
Next course
1st – 2nd May
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 allDesign Sprints propelling innovation at the Ministry of Justice
Design Sprints propelling innovation at the Ministry of Justice
Ben Crisp
Design Sprint, Interview, Long Read
The MoJ’s experience of testing a Design Sprint approach to accelerate user-centred policy innovation (and begin to change the way government thinks)
Read allDesign thinking and social material
Design thinking and social material
Matthew Taylor
Long Read
What are the three questions you should ask when designing good policy? In this Long Read, Matthew Taylor argues that effective services and policies are built around people. And this means assessing your strategy against the different ways people work together.
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 HOLLY MAY MAHONEY
Holly May Mahoney is a service designer with experience that spans the private and public sectors. Find out more about her.
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