The Beginner's Guide To Design Thinking

Learn how to develop Innovative Solutions & Ideas through the process of Design Thinking by solving problems creatively.

Created byBenjo Sabban

Last updated 3/2016

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What you'll learn

Learn how to empathize and understand the needs and problems of users
Learn how to clearly define the problems and objectives of customers/users/etc.
Learn Ideation Techniques that will tremendously help you think of innovative solutions
Learn how to turn your ideas into tangible and working prototypes
Learn how to test ,iterate get feedback from your prototypes
Acquire the basic foundational skills needed to become an effective Design Thinker

Course content

3 sections • 17 lectures • 1h 22m total length

Introduction0:47
Explore the fundamental basics of design thinking and learn to apply them to your field, profession, and life, enabling better decisions and innovative solutions.
What is Design Thinking?3:07
Explore design thinking as a problem-solving framework with five stages—empathizing, defining, ideation, prototyping, and testing—to understand users, generate ideas, and refine solutions.

What is Empathy?6:50
Apply the empathy stage of design thinking to set goals and objectives by understanding target markets through questions about work, age, status, needs, and wants, as Starbucks demonstrates.
How to emphatize3:30
How To Find And Connect With Influencers10:08
Learn to find and connect with influencers in your industry using LinkedIn, BuzzSumo, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram to build genuine relationships with your target audience.
Refresher
How To Find Your Target Audience6:27
Identify and profile your target audience across social media by researching demographics, interests, and influencers, then map outreach across platforms and tools to engage key communities.
Guideline Questions To Find Your Target Audience0:22
The Define Stage5:35
Clarify the design space by identifying problems and crafting focused statements, then follow the five steps to ideation, illustrated by a coffee brand using Facebook ads.
The Ideation Stage12:49
Ideation Techniques that you can use2:49
How To Brainstorm Ideas Part 16:24
Additional Ideation techniques3:46
How To Brainstorm Ideas Part 24:52
Set up a comfortable, well-lit room with needed tools and refreshments, define the problem, set criteria, and encourage diverse attendees to generate many ideas through structured, no-judgment discussion.
Guidelines to follow when conducting a brainstorming session1:15
Know your Techniques
How To Create Your Own Prototypes5:12
Develop a functional prototype quickly and affordably by leveraging tools, resources, and networks, test materials and functionality, and prepare to engage professional manufacturers with confidence.
How To Test Your Prototypes8:33
Test your prototypes early and iteratively to validate concepts, gather user feedback, and address essential flaws before coding, using low-tech sketches or digital tools.

Requirements

Patience and willingness to learn

Description

LATEST: Course is updated for month of April 2016.

THIS COURSE IS CREATED FOR ONE SIMPLE PURPOSE:

To help you develop innovative solution based ideas with no limits through the process of Design Thinking by solving real world problems creatively in an organized and systematic manner.

Whether you are - A total newbie on Design Thinking and clueless on how to get started:
You will gain a solid foundation on the WHATs and HOWs to empathize with users,defining clear problem objectives,learning effective ideation techniques to generate great ideas, prototyping and testing ideas in real world scenarios and many more! This is a structured course that teaches you a systematic way to to become a Design Thinker from scratch that will save you years of time figuring things out on your own.

After taking this course, you'll be able to...

Learn how to empathize and understand the needs and problems of users
Learn how to clearly define the problems and objectives of customers/users/etc.
Learn Ideation Techniques that will tremendously help you think of innovative solutions
Learn how to turn your ideas into tangible and working prototypes
Learn how to test ,iterate get feedback from your prototypes
Acquire the basic foundational skills needed to become an effective Design Thinker

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I look forward to hear your personal success story and I'll see you on the other side!

Who this course is for:

UI/UX Designers
Web Designers
Web Developers
Graphic Designers
Businessmen
Entrepreneurs
Anyone who wants to learn how to become a Design Thinker

The Beginner's Guide To Design Thinking

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Course content

Introduction to Design Thinking2 lectures • 4min

The Design Thinking Process14 lectures • 1hr 19min

Conclusion1 lecture • 1min

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