Coaching & Training
We show you how to upgrade your organisation’s innovation performance to 21st century best-in-class level through adopting the mindset and methods of design innovation. You’ll learn how to derive actionable insights from human-centred research and a creative, innovative mindset. And, you’ll achieve powerful differentiation from your competitors.
Like all design thinkers, we prefer action and tangible outcomes. All our training classes are workshop style, focused on gaining practical experience in the resolution of real problems. We have extensive experience teaching groups on-site or off-site, specialist groups or multi-disciplinary teams. We offer a range of custom classes and programmes at introductory and advanced levels, where extended follow-up coaching is provided while the learning is adapted and embedded in the work situation.
Please call us to discuss your interests. We’re sure we can make immediate impact on your innovation journey and help you become leaders in your sector.
½ Day on-site training
We’ll plan a custom delivery of training to individuals and groups at your site. The half-day session can be an introductory overview or adopt a more narrow in-depth focus. We’ll agree topic, content, level and desired learning outcomes with you in advance. In a 4-hour session, you get a deeper understanding of the capabilities of design innovation. We’ll explore numerous case studies to show how it has been successfully applied in large and small companies. And, together, we’ll explore how and where the principles and processes might be applied to good effect in your own business. Among the topics we cover as broad overview or narrower focus are: design thinking, design innovation, user research, creativity, idea generation, concept development, business model design.
½ Day on-site training
We’ll plan a custom delivery of training to individuals and groups at your site. The half-day session can be an introductory overview or adopt a more narrow in-depth focus. We’ll agree topic, content, level and desired learning outcomes with you in advance. In a 4-hour session, you get a deeper understanding of the capabilities of design innovation. We’ll explore numerous case studies to show how it has been successfully applied in large and small companies. And, together, we’ll explore how and where the principles and processes might be applied to good effect in your own business. Among the topics we cover as broad overview or narrower focus are: design thinking, design innovation, user research, creativity, idea generation, concept development, business model design.
Full or Multi-day Training
For more in-depth or advanced training, we’ll prepare a multi-day training course for your specialist or multi-disciplinary teams. The goal of our training is to build capability and motivation in people so that they can adopt and spread best practices throughout your organisation. As well as training the people, we expect these multi-day, intensive, workshop style sessions to tackle real business problems and produce tangible outputs for your business. We’ll deal with real issues by starting with problem analysis and definition to generating new ideas and concepts, testing concepts and developing prototypes and deployment plans In our experience, the best evangelist for good practice is a person who has been touched by the experience of achieving tangible results.
Full or Multi-day Training
For more in-depth or advanced training, we’ll prepare a multi-day training course for your specialist or multi-disciplinary teams. The goal of our training is to build capability and motivation in people so that they can adopt and spread best practices throughout your organisation. As well as training the people, we expect these multi-day, intensive, workshop style sessions to tackle real business problems and produce tangible outputs for your business. We’ll deal with real issues by starting with problem analysis and definition to generating new ideas and concepts, testing concepts and developing prototypes and deployment plans In our experience, the best evangelist for good practice is a person who has been touched by the experience of achieving tangible results.
Follow Up Coaching
As participants progress from practising new methods in the safety of the classroom to larger and more complex problems in real working life, they may need continued coaching support for an extended period. This coaching combines the roles of trainer and consultant, although with the former ‘trainer’ role taking precedence. The coaching role is to support maintaining the deployment of good practice in the face of uncertainty and expediency pressures that are found everywhere in real life. The early period of deployment is when fresh ideas and new practices are most fragile. An experienced coach helps to plot a course that secures the confidence of the trainee and begins to diffuse the good practice throughout the organisation, by example. Coaching can be continuous, scheduled, event driven, or by invitation.
Follow Up Coaching
As participants progress from practising new methods in the safety of the classroom to larger and more complex problems in real working life, they may need continued coaching support for an extended period. This coaching combines the roles of trainer and consultant, although with the former ‘trainer’ role taking precedence. The coaching role is to support maintaining the deployment of good practice in the face of uncertainty and expediency pressures that are found everywhere in real life. The early period of deployment is when fresh ideas and new practices are most fragile. An experienced coach helps to plot a course that secures the confidence of the trainee and begins to diffuse the good practice throughout the organisation, by example. Coaching can be continuous, scheduled, event driven, or by invitation.
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