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Strategy is often portrayed as a thinking exercise—a set of decisions and plans made by a small group. But strategy is brought to life by the people in every part of an organization every day. Engaging the people critical to both creating and activating your strategy is an element missing from most strategy approaches. In this course, you’ll learn ...

Advance your design thinking skills and have a greater impact through your work with this action-oriented learning experience. We’ve designed this program to help you move from understanding the core concepts of design thinking to practicing and applying these concepts in different scenarios in order to build your confidence to solve complex problems ...

Learn the core concepts of design thinking – an approach to creative problem solving that taps into human needs to produce innovative solutions. Bring AI into your process to expand your perspective, generate more ideas, and unlock efficiencies.

IDEO has been honing our human-centered approach to business for over 40 years. A global ...

Participants who complete the AI x Design Thinking Workshop Series at IDEO U gain hands-on experience applying Generative AI tools to key stages of the design thinking process. The program emphasizes building skills in idea generation, research synthesis, and rapid prototyping, while fostering collaborative, responsible, and human-centered approaches ...

Learn an accessible and actionable process to do the work of innovation, no matter your role or industry. This process helps you imagine new strategic possibilities, quickly and inexpensively test to de-risk these possibilities, and build compelling business cases to grow confidence and consensus.

In this program, you’ll learn how to ...

Learn a human-centered approach to change leadership. Unlike traditional change management, this program will help you put people, not process, at the center of your change journey. Explore how to think in systems to understand the big picture, gain context around the change you seek, spot opportunities, and choose where to start. Use frameworks ...

Leading projects across teams is hard, even harder if you don’t directly manage the teams. How do you break through silos and change the way people work together? How do you unite others around a common goal? How do you lead day-in and day-out to tackle complex strategic work or bring a new idea to life?

In this program, learn to become ...

Strong communication skills and the ability to influence others are critical in order to have impact at work and beyond. We’ve designed this program for anyone who wants to shape and express their ideas more clearly, craft convincing messages, and share information effectively. You’ll learn to apply mindsets and techniques from human-centered design—like ...

Choosing what to do—and what not to do—is the definition of strategy. In this course, you’ll learn a process that will help you create and take action on a strategy for your business, team, or organization. You’ll follow repeatable steps that are both human-centered and business-focused. By combining rigor and creativity, you can both analyze the ...

Effective collaboration is about more than harmonious agreement or efficiency. Today's complex challenges require teams to navigate ambiguity, unearth bold ideas, and embrace a new way of working—one that harnesses the power of diverse perspectives and creative thinking to push past the obvious, safe solutions to the truly innovative ones. Gain the ...