Design Think Innovation
What Is Design Thinking?
Our society is becoming more complex. Through globalization and technological innovations, our pace of life is accelerating, and the way we live and work is becoming more diverse and sophisticated. Companies and institutions face an uphill battle. The pressure to change and to manage this growing complexity is increasing. This is where Design Thinking comes into play.
Design Thinking is a human-centered, iterative, team-based mindset that leads to breakthrough innovations. With its fusion of creativity, shared leadership and efficiency, Design Thinking can help overcome yesterday's working models and transform traditional organizational cultures.
Our society is becoming more complex. Through globalization and technological innovations, our pace of life is accelerating, and the way we live and work is becoming more diverse and sophisticated. Companies and institutions face an uphill battle. The pressure to change and to manage this growing complexity is increasing. This is where Design Thinking comes into play.
Design Thinking is a human-centered, iterative, team-based mindset that leads to breakthrough innovations. With its fusion of creativity, shared leadership and efficiency, Design Thinking can help overcome yesterday's working models and transform traditional organizational cultures.
Workshop Overview
Time: 2.5 hrs
Tagret Audiences: late high school students, university students, early- and mid-career professionals
This workshop is FREE. Adults of All Ages are Welcome. There is a suggested minimum $10.00 donation, if you can afford it.
This workshop uses the Design Thinking process to help you develop a constructive and effective approach to designing your career and your life with purpose. The following topics will be covered during the workshop:
Tagret Audiences: late high school students, university students, early- and mid-career professionals
This workshop is FREE. Adults of All Ages are Welcome. There is a suggested minimum $10.00 donation, if you can afford it.
This workshop uses the Design Thinking process to help you develop a constructive and effective approach to designing your career and your life with purpose. The following topics will be covered during the workshop:
- Reframing Negative Thoughts
- Well-Being
- Flow
- Energy-Engagement Maps
- Work View and Life View Reflections
- Coherence
- How to Prepare Odyssey Plans
- Warm-up to introduce participants to “reframing” techniques
- Brief explanation of the difference between Design Thinking and Designing Your Life.
- Positive psychology orientation of Designing Your Life/Well being
- Brief introduction of the concept of “flow”Create Energy-Engagement Maps (EEM) and share with partner in breakout room to discuss incremental changes.
- Introduce work view and life view exercises as well as the concept of coherence
- Bucket List
- Odyssey Plan (OP) preparation and instructions. Create three Odyssey Plans, which allow you to imagine three very different career and personal futures.
Workshop Lead
Dr. Joann Halpern
Dr. Joann Halpern is the director of the Hasso Plattner Institute, New York (HPI), a Design Thinking coach, and an adjunct professor of International Education at New York University. Prior to joining HPI, she was the founding director of the German Center for Research and Innovation (GCRI). Before she established GCRI, Dr. Halpern was Director of Academic Affairs and Senior Studies and Assistant Professor of International Education at Global College of Long Island University. She also co-founded Knowledge Transfer Beyond Boundaries, an NGO with projects in Cameroon, Nigeria, and Yemen. From 1996 to 2001, Dr. Halpern was Director of International Programs at Harz University of Applied Sciences in Wernigerode, Germany. She received her B.A. from Dartmouth College, her M.A. from Harvard University, and her Ph.D. from New York University. Dr. Halpern is a recipient of the Harvard Award for Distinction in Teaching as well as scholarships and fellowships from the Fulbright Association, German Academic Exchange Service, Robert Bosch Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Humanities. She serves on the advisory boards of the German Accelerator, Charité Entrepreneurship Summit, Technical University of Dortmund, and University Alliance Ruhr.