GROWTHhub Design Thinking Workshops

GROWTHhub is funded by the Higher Education Authority Human Capital Initiative with the mission of supporting the development of entrepreneurial and creative learning outcomes for TU Dublin students.

For the academic year 2022/23 we are offering a selection of Design Thinking workshops for TU Dublin programmes.

The GROWTHhub Design Thinking catalogue offers a selection of workshops that can be provided to your students. The workshops are designed to boost your students creative skills and creative confidence with a structured approach to idea generation, exploration and development. They range in complexity and relevance to different programmes and needs.

 

What is Design Thinking?

• Design thinking is a methodology and framework pioneered by the notable design firm IDEO and the renowned Stanford Design School. It provides a structured process for generating and implementing creative solutions, an approach to both innovation and creative problem solving.
• For students, design thinking provides a creative and systematic approach for problem solving. It is a user-centered approach to solving problems. The needs of the person you’re solving the problem for is at the heart of everything you do. They are involved in telling you about the problem, brainstorming a solution, and helping you implement it. As a methodology, it can be used in all aspects of life, especially catalysing students to deliver better solutions for challenges they encounter in their TU Dublin studies (including project work), enhancing entrepreneurship activity they might engage in, or helping them deliver solutions that do good for the world we live in, whether that is in a professional and voluntary capacity.

 

Workshops catalogue

Hello Design Thinking

• An introduction to the foundational concepts and tools of design thinking. Learn the core skills and mindsets of design thinking.
• Foundation
• Format: On site or online
• Duration: 2 hours

Unlocking Creativity for Design Thinking

• Grow your creative confidence and unlock your creative potential.
• Foundation & Creativity
• Format: On site or online
• Duration: 2 hours

Unlocking Visual Thinking for Design Thinking

• Gain the tools and mindsets to break patterns, generate new ideas, and take creative visual leaps.
• Foundation & Creativity
• Format: On-Site or Online
• Duration: 2 Hours 

Design Thinking to Go – Empathy

• Learn how to create immersive experiences that get you beyond intellectual understanding to obtain a more visceral sense of another’s perspective.
• Foundation, Empathy & Skill
• Format: On-Site or Online
• Duration: 2 Hours

Design Thinking to Go – Observation

• Learn how to how to listen with your eyes in order to understand what people value and care about.
• Foundation, Empathy & Skill
• Format: On-Site or Online
• Duration: 2 Hours

Design Thinking to Go – Interviewing

• Learn how to conduct a great interview so you can get deeper, more honest answers that inspire great insights.
• Foundation, Needfinding & Skill
• Format: On-Site or Online
• Duration: 2 Hours

Design Thinking to Go – Insights

• Learn how to share compelling, quality insights.
• Foundation, Storytelling & Skill
• Format: On-Site or Online
• Duration: 2 Hours 

The Art of Ideating:  Generating Big Ideas with Design Thinking

• Go beyond brainstorming - learn techniques for coming up with an abundance of innovative ideas and drive breakthrough design concepts.
• Brainstorming, Ideation
• Format: On-Site or Online
• Duration: 2 Hours

The Art of Creating: Rapid Prototyping

• Learn how to make your ideas tangible so you can work through issues, gather feedback, and get to better solutions faster.
• Prototyping, Ideation
• Format: On-Site at Ideation Lab
• Duration: 2 Hours

The Art of Creating: Prototyping for Digital Experiences

• Learn Low-fidelity prototyping methods for digital products and services.
• Prototyping, Ideation, Tools
• Format: On-Site or Online
• Duration: 2 Hours

Design Thinking for Business Design

• Learn how to make a business desirable for customers, financially viable for stakeholders, and feasible to build and deliver to the world.
• Intermediate, Tools, DT Framework
• Duration: 3 Hours
• Format: On-Site or Online

Design Thinking for Change

• Using actionable frameworks and experiments early on, you’ll generate tangible wins that will build the momentum you need to scale from small shifts to big transformations.
• Intermediate, Tools, Social Impact
• Format: On-Site or Online
• Duration: 3 Hours

Design Thinking for Research

• Learn solution-based frameworks to solve complex problems that are ill-defined or unknown.
• Intermediate, Tools, Research
• Format: On-Site or Online
• Duration: 3 Hours

Impactful Communication through Design Thinking                 

• Learn to create presentations that are both meaningful and memorable. Gain the confidence and skills it takes to shift the way people think, feel, and behave.
• Foundation, Storytelling, Presentation
• Format: On-Site or Online
• Duration: 2 Hours

Creative Collaboration through Design Thinking

• Gain the skills and techniques you need to foster creative collaboration and unleash the potential of teamwork.
• Foundation, Teamwork, Feedback
• Format: On-Site or Online
• Duration: 2 Hours

 

Booking a GROWTHhub Design Thinking Workshop

• The workshops are designed to give the students a foundation in Design Thinking. Programme Coordinators and Module Leaders are invited to contact the GROWTHhub Design Thinking Facilitator Shachi Parmar at shachi.parmar@tudublin.ie to discuss how Design Thinking can be introduced to students on their programme and for advice on which workshops from our catalogue are suitable for your requirements. The workshops can take place on any campus, including at the GROWTHhub Ideation Lab at the TU Dublin Aungier Street Campus. It will be necessary for the Programme Coordinator to arrange the room booking for sessions outside the Ideation Lab. Workshops can also be delivered online - which may suit part-time students in particular.
• The workshops, or a combination of workshops will provide students with a strong conceptual as well as practical understanding of a design thinking tools, processes and frameworks. They will prepare the students to apply design thinking in different contexts and challenges, enabling them to reliably come up with creative solutions to challenging problems.
• We look forward to hearing from you to discuss your students' participation in the GROWTHhub Design Thinking Workshop Programme.

 

Facilitator Profile: Shachi Parmar

Shachi Parmar delivers Creativity and Design Thinking modules and workshops in the Faculty of Business and GROWTHhub. To date in her career she has delivered Design Thinking, Creativity and Innovation Workshops to more than 10,000+ Individuals and 50+ Organisations. She is a Venture Mentor in various organisations such as Climate Fund, and she is also Programme Advisor for Design Thinking Executive Education Programme at MIT, India.

 

Say Hello, See how Design Thinking can help your students and book your session!

https://www.linkedin.com/in/parmar-shachi/

shachi.parmar@tudublin.ie

 

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