Design Thinking: An Introduction

The lecture starts 4.00 p.m. CET and will be held in English. Level B2 is recommended.

Some of the world’s leading companies have adopted the Design Thinking approach. Yet Design Thinking is not limited to corporations. Many universities, hospitals, governments, startups, museums, libraries, and schools integrate Design Thinking into their work. What is Design Thinking? Why is it being adopted by so many institutions? What is the relationship between Design Thinking and innovation? How can you integrate Design Thinking into your daily life? These are just a few of the questions the speaker will address. Examples of Design Thinking in action will be provided in order to help you understand the process as well its innovative potential.

Outline

• Working Outside Your Comfort Zone
• Fixed vs Growth Mindset
• Core Elements of Design Thinking
• Design Thinking Mindsets
• Design Thinking in Action

Introduce a challenge that is relevant to participants and allow them to use what they just learned.

Lecturer:  Dr. Joann Halpern | Director | Hasso Plattner Institute, New York

• Dr. Joann Halpern is the Director of the Hasso Plattner Institute, New York (HPI) and an adjunct professor in the Department of Applied Statistics, Social Science, and Humanities at New York University. Prior to joining HPI, she was founding director of the German Center for Research and Innovation (GCRI), which was created as a cornerstone of the German government’s initiative to internationalize science and research.

Organiser: Career Point

This event is open to students from all our EC2UExterner Link partner universities - bringing Coimbra, Iasi, Jena, Pavia, Poitiers, Salamanca, and Turku together on one European Campus.