Course Description
5-Day Innovation Bootcamp, Timisoara
This course is designed to empower teams and professionals to adopt human-centered design to kick- start bold innovation and foster positive transformative change at a large scale. Organizations that want to stay competitive in today’s dynamic landscape need to reassess the way they are structured and how they function. Most of all, it is important to build lasting relationships with your customers. Closing the ‘reality gap’ between organizations and people should be the number one priority of any innovative company.
Early Bird Price
€ 1690,00 (limited)
Length
5 days
Language
English
Standard Price
€ 1800,00
Involvement
8 hours a day
Course Type
In-person
About this course
The 5-Day Innovation Bootcamp provides a unique opportunity to learn from internationally recognized innovation experts what Future Thinking, Systems Thinking and Design Thinking are all about. The main goal of the program is providing participants with a fundamental understanding of these innovation methods. Presenting alternative tools for various stages of an innovation process, enabling professionals to rise above the content and combine different approaches to reach innovative business results as true entrepreneurs. With our ‘learning-by-doing’ method, participants work on a real project and can apply their new learnings in their job immediately.
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!
1. Immersion. Where do we start?
Introduction to the flow of the bootcamp. Meet your team mates.
Introduction of the Bootcamp Challenge
Innovation - where do we start? The 'mechanics' and 'process' for Innovation within organisations: What is the practical way that organisations could 'do' Innovation and Innovation management? What structures need to be in place? What resources are needed? What should be the expectation.
Introduction of the "Innov-ance" model: General overview of various tools and methods used in Innovation.
Masterclass: Taking a systemic approach. Introduction of Systems Thinking
Wrap-up of the day & reflection
2. Research and Sense Making
What's happening outside?
Masterclass: Research methods used for Innovation
How to research Trends
Introduction to Jobs-to-be-Done and Design Thinking.
Building interview guides and doing research
Sense Making. Building Persona's,
Wrap-up & Reflection
3. Understanding Customer Needs
Customer Journey Mapping and Identifying Pain-Points
Turning Pain-Points into Opportunity Areas
Framing and Reframing
Masterclass: Creative Problem Solving
Brainstorming. Idea Stretching. Idea Brain-writing; Idea Selection
Building Future Scenario's
Wrap-up & Reflection
4. Testing & Pitching
Build a plan for implementation
Service Scenarios and Prototyping. Building Artefacts
SWOT analyses BMC.
Build a Testing Plan & Get feedback
Integrate the feedback & Improve the concept
Masterclass: The power of Storytelling; How to make it stick?
Persuasive Selling Map & Pitches. Final reflection on the Value Proposition.
Wrap-up & Reflection
5. What's next? Building the plan for implementation
Project Management: Waterfall vs. Agile
How to use the technology? AI for Innovation
Introduction to process improvement: Basics of Lean Six Sigma.
Setting up a "Project Management Office" for innovation: identifying projects, investing, tracking progress, arranging training, producing organisational dash-boards & communications
Ways of measuring the Return on Investment
Personal Action Plan
Ceremony Certificates
Meet your coaches
You will practice Innovation with some of the expert Facilitators below. They will share their experience and guide you through a structured design approach and establish a new way of working to sustain innovation.
Robert Collins
Guest Speaker
Dr. Robert Collins is a business consultant and educator who has been delivering courses through the University of Oxford for over 25 years.
Tim Schuurman
Co-Owner DesignThinkers Academy Amsterdam
Co-owner at DT Academy, has extensive experience in designing and implementing concepts, holding a MBA & MSc in Business and Financial Management.
Adela Cristea
Co-Founder DesignThinkers Academy Eastern Europe
Co-Founder and Facilitator at DT Academy Eastern Europe. She is an experienced business consultant teaching entrepreneurship and leadership within corporate environments.
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.
Ana Jeličić
Partner and Senior Facilitator at DesignThinkers Academy Adriatic
experienced business consultant and trainer, with a consistent background in assisting start-ups and business developments, teaching entrepreneurship and leadership practices within corporate environments, and a partner of Design Thinkers Academy Adriatic.
Vlad Icleanu
Senior Agile & DT Coach
Vlad has over 10 years experience in working with NGOs, startups and traditional companies, always taking up two roles in his endeavours: manager and trainer. Coordinating an innovation center for European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) in Romania, building a support community for startups under Cluj Startups and managing INCUBOXX business center make him a strong supporter of innovation, efficient work and learning from mistakes.
Cristina Balaciu
Senior Facilitator
Cristina’s keen interest in people is a strong match to the Design Thinking ethos and framework, rooted in her global experience working in people development and training. Cristina is focused on sparking actionable insights and building empathy awareness.
Alina Andreieva
Senior Facilitator
Alina has 15 years of experience in market research, specialising in CX, UX, and Service Design. She leads customer-focused transformation projects across public and private sectors in Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and Europe. With a strong background in business development and team management, she also delivers training on creativity, empathy, and innovation. Alina facilitates Service Design and Design Thinking to help organisations optimise processes and implement effective solutions.
Certificate
We value quality!
DesignThinkers Academy is proud to announce its accreditation by the Nederlandse Raad voor Training en Opleiding (NRTO), the Dutch Council for Training and Education. This accreditation is a testament to our unwavering commitment to delivering high-quality education and training experiences to our global community.
After the successful completion of one of our courses, participants are awarded with a DesignThinkers Academy Certificate. All tools and materials will be available after the course in our Learn & Develop Library (accessible to alumni only).
