Design Thinking for Business Innovation shows you how to utilize design thinking principles to push past old ways of thinking and operating. We will show you the power of prototyping, ideation, and empathy-building to create customer-centric solutions. You will participate in interactive team-based exercises led by design thinking practitioners that challenge the way you think, act and innovate. Go to the cutting edge and beyond the competition by putting theory into action.
Design Thinking & Innovation Bundle
Build a foundation in innovation through Design Thinking and master the skills you learn from the Innovation Workshop Series. Design Thinking will introduce you to concepts and exercises for solving problems. Complement those concepts with our hands-on Innovation Workshops, as you explore experimentation with teams, empathy, and prototyping. Become more innovative through this comprehensive offering.
COMMAND INNOVATION
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Number of Sessions
Live Online -
Number of Hours
12:30pm-4:30pm each day -
Course Investment*
Innovative Problem Solving
HOW IT WORKS
In four days, we take mid- to upper-level managers from understanding design thinking as a concept to applying it to break down, rethink, and solve complex problems. Design Thinking practitioners will lead participants through segments of the program to put theory into action. Join us and experience what design thinking can do and how it can transform your business. Leave with actionable skills you can apply immediately. This course applies to our Certificates in Strategy and Innovation and qualifies as an elective for Leadership and Excellence in Business Certificates.
Go Deep In Design Thinking
Explore the importance of iteration in the innovation process, engage in an interactive team-based exercise in design thinking, solve an unfamiliar problem to better understand and apply design thinking concepts, and apply all that you’ve learned in a high-impact, problem-solving activity. In this course, you’ll dig into the strategy and principles of design thinking. Finish feeling ready to solve any problem back at the office.
Course Takeaways
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Empathy Building
Learn how to put yourself in the shoes of your audience to better understand and then solve a problem. -
Solution Testing
Learn the importance of iteration and testing to make sure the answer you get is the right one. -
Challenge Framing
Learn how to best communicate what the problem is and your approach to solving it.
Faculty Spotlight

Adjunct Faculty & Product Innovation Officer, Deluxe Corporation
Learn from an Innovation Leader
Scott Sanchez is an innovation leader, with extensive experience in innovation, product management and design, and a history of making simple, yet impactful products and experiences that delight customers. He also serves as an adjunct faculty member for Emory Executive Education at Goizueta Business School. He has brought a customer-driven approach to innovation to organizations of all sizes across many industries to help invent and reinvent products and experiences to create sustainable growth, while unleashing innovators along the way.
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Special Pricing
*Emory Executive Education offers special pricing for select constituents:
Goizueta Business School Alumni/Faculty/Staff
Emory University Alumni/Faculty/Staff
Government and Non-Profit
Group/Multiple
Custom Clients
Please contact us for more information about our special pricing or to receive your code before you register.
We also offer flexible payment options through Emory Alliance Credit Union:
Emory Alliance Credit Union has created an unsecured line of credit for Emory Executive Education participants to assist with the cost of courses:
o Minimum amount: $1,000; Maximum amount: $15,000
o 12 months interest only—the balance on the 13th month will be amortized over 36 months
o Interest rate is Prime + 4%*
o A monthly billing notice will be mailed to you.
o Credit Union membership is required. Visit emoryacu.com and click to get started.
For more information, call 404.329.6415 Option 3, or visit emoryacu.com to find a branch near you.
Goizueta Business School Alumni/Faculty/Staff
Emory University Alumni/Faculty/Staff
Government and Non-Profit
Group/Multiple
Custom Clients
Please contact us for more information about our special pricing or to receive your code before you register.
We also offer flexible payment options through Emory Alliance Credit Union:
Emory Alliance Credit Union has created an unsecured line of credit for Emory Executive Education participants to assist with the cost of courses:
o Minimum amount: $1,000; Maximum amount: $15,000
o 12 months interest only—the balance on the 13th month will be amortized over 36 months
o Interest rate is Prime + 4%*
o A monthly billing notice will be mailed to you.
o Credit Union membership is required. Visit emoryacu.com and click to get started.
For more information, call 404.329.6415 Option 3, or visit emoryacu.com to find a branch near you.