$250 | Friday, June 7 | 10 AM - 4 PM ET | Lotta Studio | New Haven, CT, USA
Step Into the World of Design Thinking
Are you feeling creatively blocked? Maybe your team is struggling or stuck, or perhaps you’re looking for innovative ways to invigorate your business model. If these challenges strike a chord with you, the Design Thinking Essentials workshop is precisely tailored to transform your obstacles into opportunities for growth and innovation.
Learn new problem-solving & creative thinking methods
Join us for a day filled with insightful learning and practice across the five phases of the Design Thinking process. This workshop isn’t just about soaking up knowledge; it’s about rolling up your sleeves and diving in. You’ll be doing as much as you’re learning, turning theory into action.
Bring your tricky business problem and put it through the Design Thinking process
Empathize: Begin with gaining a deep understanding of the humans you serve. Learn the art of empathy mapping and other methods to uncover the real needs and motivations that drive innovative solutions.
Define: Enhance your ability to conduct interviews, analyze data, and synthesize insights. Equip yourself with the tools to extract valuable realizations that clear the path to solving problems.
Ideate: Overcome barriers to creativity with effective ideation techniques. Learn how to produce a quantity of ideas and then filter down to the ones that are the most impactful.
Prototype: Bring your concepts to life through prototyping. Learn to create a variety of prototypes efficiently and effectively, a cornerstone of the Design Thinking methodology.
Test: Experience the iterative nature of Design Thinking, focusing on testing and refining based on feedback. This ensures that the solutions you develop resonate deeply with your intended audience.
Transform Challenges into Strategic Advantages
By the end of this workshop, you’ll have a transformed perspective on problem-solving and new solutions for your specific project:
Elevated Creative Confidence: Move past the common barrier of feeling “not creative enough” by engaging in structured exercises designed to ignite your creative spark.
Human-Centered Design Expertise: Advance beyond mere assumptions by gleaning and applying genuine insights, leading to solutions that delight your customers.
Rapid Prototyping Skills: Acquire the capability to prototype ideas swiftly, reducing development time and alleviating the hesitation that can impede the creative process.
Feedback Integration: Learn to refine your solutions based on direct feedback, ensuring that your projects exceed mere satisfaction and achieve excellence.
Toolkit for Ongoing Success: Depart with solutions to your problem, insights, and inspiration. The toolkit includes a workshop summary, actionable plans, and downloadable resources to support the application of Design Thinking in your future endeavors.
Bonus!
Workshop attendees will receive a copy of
The Sprint Handbook and a 1-hour remote training on planning and running Sprints.
Located in Wonderful Westville Village
LOCATION
Easy train ride from New York & Boston!
Lotta Studio | 903 Whalley Ave, New Haven, Connecticut, 06515
RESTAURANTS
Pistachio | Poké Oli | Bella’s Cafe | Camacho Garage | Manjares | & more!
SHOPPING
Odeon | Vinanthro Modern | Lower Forms | DaSilva Gallery | Westville General | & more!
Want a quick overview of Design Thinking? Check out my Design Thinking basics playlist.
Your Facilitator
Pattie Belle Hastings, an award-winning designer, professor, and facilitation maestro, distills decades of experience into a step-by-step workshop that guarantees transformative results. With a career spanning multiple decades in the ever-evolving design landscape, Pattie Belle has not just adapted to technological shifts—she’s thrived through them. Her expertise encompasses Design Thinking, Compassionate Communication, Facilitation By Design, and Instructional Design. She has empowered leaders, teams, and designers to unlock their full creative potential through meticulously designed and facilitated workshops.
With Design Thinking Essentials, Pattie Belle offers her unique blend of creative ingenuity, seasoned design experience, and masterful facilitation to impart the essential elements of crafting the perfect environment and energy for solving your most complex challenges.