Design Thinking Demystified

Are you curious about Design Thinking? Do you wonder what it is and if it is even relevant to you? Then you are in for a treat! During this energizing, deep dive experience you will DO Design Thinking and immediately learn simple ways to apply it in your own work.

Regardless of what many think, design thinkers are not members of an exclusive club. The only requirement is an earnest desire to make some corner of the world better tomorrow than it is today. This session allows learning professionals to dive into a challenge and understand Design Thinking through hands-on experience and thoughtful discussion about future application.

This session provides first-hand experience through an immersive deep dive activity. By doing Design Thinking, attendees will learn:
1) Fundamental elements of the Design Thinking mindset and toolkit including empathy, framing, and prototyping.
2) To confidently, immediately utilize a Design Thinking approach in problem solving.

Tamara Christensen is on a mission to transform the way it feels to work. The founder of Idea Farm, Tamara is a passionate and empathetic leader with 20 years of experience blending design thinking and collaboration to help organizations build innovation capabilities and apply them to complex business challenges. She works with diverse organizations from small, local not-for profits to global Fortune 100 companies. Tamara presents at events around the globe and has been described metaphorically as a glass of prosecco, a whirling dervish and a sharpie.