OUR COURSES
Come on one of our Design Thinking courses and learn how to design around your customer. You’ll try out proven tools on real-life challenges and develop practical skills you can apply tomorrow. Leave with the know-how and confidence to drive change across your organisation.
We offer year round Design Thinking courses, so if the dates below do not fit your schedule, please get in touch and we can find the right course for you.
Design Thinking
Online Fundamentals
10 hours of live sessions with our coaches
This fast-paced course is the perfect introduction to the Design Thinking essentials, giving you all the foundational knowledge and tools you need to kick-start your own Design Thinking journey.
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Team
David Kester
Co-founder, Design Thinking Expert
Design Thinkers Academy
DK&A
Susana Osório
Learning Designer
Design Thinkers Academy London
Next course
20 / 21 / 22 / 30 April
Online - Zoom, Mural, GoogleDocs 
Facilitate Online Meetings
Live interactive session of 2.5-hours
Leverage all your team’s brainpower and learn how to collaborate efficiently during these times, build a foundational understanding of how to facilitate online meetings through our interactive, live online course.
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Susana Osório
Learning Designer
Design Thinkers Academy London
David Kester
Co-founder, Design Thinking Expert
Design Thinkers Academy
DK&A
Next course
TBC (coming soon)
Online - Zoom, Mural, GoogleDocs 
Design Thinking
Online Facilitation
12 hours of live sessions with our coaches
This fast-paced course is the perfect introduction to the Design Thinking essentials, giving you all the foundational knowledge and tools you need to kick-start your own Design Thinking journey.
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Team
David Kester
Co-founder, Design Thinking Expert
Design Thinkers Academy
DK&A
Susana Osório
Learning Designer
Design Thinkers Academy London
Next course
TBC (coming soon)
Online - Zoom, Mural, GoogleDocs 
Design Thinking
Fundamentals
2 Days
Our fast-paced course is the perfect introduction to the Design Thinking essentials. In just two days you’ll be equipped with all the foundational knowledge and tools you need to kick-start your own Design Thinking journey.
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Team
Catherine Collins
Service Designer and Facilitator
Moxie
Susana Osório
Learning Designer
Design Thinkers Academy London
Next course
16th – 17th September
09.00 – 18.00 Shoreditch Loft, London EC2A 3QT 
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 Expert
Revealing Reality
Clive Grinyer
Consultant & Service Designer
David Kester
Co-founder, Design Thinking Expert
Design Thinkers Academy
DK&A
Arnoud Koning
Design Thinking Facilitator
Procter & Gamble
Susana Osório
Learning Designer
Design Thinkers Academy London
Next course
5th - 9th October
09.00 – 18:00 Shoreditch Loft, London EC2A 3QT 
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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Susana Osório
Learning Designer
Design Thinkers Academy London
Arnoud Koning
Design Thinking Facilitator
Procter & Gamble
Holly May Mahoney
Facilitator
Associate
Blythe Wild
Producer
Design Thinkers Academy
Belinda Abbott
Head of Faculty
Design Thinkers Academy
Shanna Bent
Customer Relationship Coordinator
Design Thinkers Academy
Ben Crisp
Marketing & Research Manager
Design Thinkers Academy London / DK&A
Next course
10th – 11th November
09.00 – 18.00 The Embassy, 19 Grosvenor Place, London, SW1X 7HN 
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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Arnoud Koning
Design Thinking Facilitator
Procter & Gamble
Susana Osório
Learning Designer
Design Thinkers Academy London
Next course
12th – 13th November
09.00 – 18:00 The Embassy, London, SW1X 7HN Tailor a course
BESPOKE COURSES
We have a long track record of designing customised courses for business. You can tailor any of our open courses to be bespoke 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.
Contact usCompanies graduated
Companies graduated
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)
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
At the Design Thinkers Bootcamp I discovered a whole set of tools that I could put into action immediately.
Cécile Michel, Alstom Transport
The Design Thinkers Bootcamp gives you the means and the confidence to redesign services around the customer and bring fresh insight into a business.
Cecilia Makinde, Zurich Life
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
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