Course Description
2-Day Design Thinking Fundamentals Course (Bucharest)
This interactive Design Thinking Fundamentals course is designed to help you tackle complex challenges with a structured, human-centered approach to innovation. You will learn how to move beyond assumptions, deeply understand users, and translate insights into solutions that deliver both user value and business results.
By working through the full Design Thinking process on practical cases, you will build experience in research, problem definition, ideation, prototyping, and testing. The course ensures that you do not just learn the methodology, but develop the skills and confidence to apply it effectively in your own context from day one.
Check out the full Course Brochure at the bottom of the course page. Got any questions? Don’t hesitate to reach out to us for more information at [email protected]
Early Bird Price
€ 590,00 (limited)
Length
2 days
Language
Romanian
Standard Price
€ 690,00
Involvement
8 hours a day
Course Type
In-person
Choose your session
What is this course about?
Knowing about Design Thinking is a good start, but the trick lies in successfully applying it to projects. During this Design Thinking Fundamentals course, you will be learning-by-doing and practice fundamentals tools such as Stakeholder Mapping, Personas, Customer Journey Mapping, Service Scenarios and Prototyping by working on a challenge.
You will work in co-creation within small teams to learn from participants with diverse industry backgrounds. Our highly skilled facilitators will guide you through the Design Thinking process, teaching you how to use empathy when envisioning future scenarios of service for your end-users.
We craft with a Designer’s Mindset
Our goal is to unlock your challenges and create lasting impact. With our practical approach, we empower you to lead change, providing the tools to identify beneficial opportunities and nurture valuable solutions.
What you'll learn
Learn how to listen to your end-user, embed end-user insights, develop prototypes and work in small iterations. Dare to fail and pitch your story!
Welcome & Kick-off
Meet the team
Energizers
Introducing DT
Keynote & Cases
Discover
Briefing & Research
Design Research
Stakeholder Map
Personas
Define
Framing the problem
Opportunity Areas
Customer Journey Map
Problem Statement
Design
Ideation & Prototyping
Idea Priority Map
Service Scenarios
Artefacts
Deliver
Testing & Pitching
Testing the pilot
Pitch
Reflection & Celebration
Who is this course for?
This course is designed for:
Young Professionals (individuals)...
...who want to discover how to use human-centered innovation methods in their daily work
Managers or Team Leaders...
...seeking to develop and integrate cutting edge creative practices into their business processes and corporate culture
Executives or Decision Makers...
...looking to strengthen their ability to lead innovation and enhance the organization’s innovation capability
Government Policy Makers...
...who want to gain key insights into the implementation of Design Thinking
No previous experience or knowledge required
Certificate
After successful completion of the 2-Day Design Thinking Fundamentals course, participants are awarded a DesignThinkers Academy Certificate and you can celebrate your achievement of becoming a true Design Thinker. All tools and materials will be available after the course for personal use.
Meet your instructors
You will practice Design Thinking with some of the expert Facilitators below. They will share their experience and tricks on how to implement Design Thinking in projects and organizations. That way you can start applying Design Thinking straight away in your daily working environment.
Lăcrămioara Loghin
Co-founder & Senior Facilitator DT Academy Eastern Europe
Lăcrămioara has a strong background as a research specialist and her passion is to talk to customers as real people with real problems. Her main driver as co-founder of DesignThinkers Academy Eastern Europe and facilitator is to translate the insights from the customers and create better solutions (products, services) for them.
Julien Zidaru
Senior Partner and Facilitator at Design Thinkers Academy Eastern Europe
He has extensive experience of team management and business consultancy with strong background in customer experience and market intelligence.
Diana Simion
Trainer and marketing research consultant
Diana Simion is trainer and marketing research consultant, with a PhD in communication studies and strong background in academic and marketing research. She is mostly interested in approaching the consumer behavior within the broader dynamics of the digital-driven society and the socio-cultural trends that impact the customer experience.