An Intensive 5-day Training Course
Certified Innovation and Design Thinking Leader (CIDTL)
Certificate in Design Thinking for Innovation and Creativity
UPCOMING SESSIONS
| Date | Venue | Fee | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-14 Nov 2025 | Dubai - UAE | $6,950 | RESERVE A SEAT |
| 29 Dec 2025-02 Jan 2026 | Riyadh - KSA | $6,950 | RESERVE A SEAT |
| 30 Mar-03 Apr 2026 | Moscow - Russia | $6,950 | RESERVE A SEAT |
| 04-08 May 2026 | Dubai - UAE | $6,950 | RESERVE A SEAT |
| 13-17 Jul 2026 | Dubai - UAE | $6,950 | RESERVE A SEAT |
| 14-18 Sep 2026 | Barcelona - Spain | $6,950 | RESERVE A SEAT |
| 09-13 Nov 2026 | Dubai - UAE | $6,950 | RESERVE A SEAT |
| 28 Dec 2026-01 Jan 2027 | Riyadh - KSA | $6,950 | RESERVE A SEAT |
Training Course Overview
Design Thinking is a human-centered approach to innovation that blends creative problem-solving with strategic insight. This course is designed for professionals eager to unleash creativity, drive innovation, and inspire meaningful change within their organizations. By concentrating on understanding user needs, redefining challenges, and generating transformative ideas, participants will learn to tackle problems in fresh, impactful ways.
The Certified Innovation and Design Thinking Leader (CIDTL) training course offers a comprehensive exploration of design thinking principles and methods, with a focus on their practical application in both individual and team contexts. Participants will gain hands-on experience in developing innovative solutions, creating prototypes, and testing ideas to achieve user-centered results. Earning this certificate demonstrates mastery of the key skills needed to thrive in today’s fast-evolving and competitive business landscape.
Training Course Objectives
By the end of this training course, participants will be able to:
- Understand the core principles and methodologies of design thinking
- Cultivate creativity to address complex problems with innovative solutions
- Develop empathy and user-centric thinking to redefine challenges
- Master ideation, prototyping, and testing techniques for practical application
- Apply design thinking frameworks to real-world organizational scenarios
- Earn a recognized certificate validating their expertise in innovation and creativity
Designed for
This training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:
- Innovation leaders and business strategists
- Professionals in product development, UX/UI, and customer experience roles
- Entrepreneurs and startup founders seeking to enhance creative problem-solving
- Team leaders aiming to foster a culture of innovation and collaboration
- Anyone passionate about leveraging creativity to solve complex challenges
Learning Methods
This raining course will utilise a variety of proven adult learning techniques to ensure maximum understanding, comprehension and retention of the information presented. This includes an interactive mixture of lecture-led learning & group discussions.
The Course Outline
- What is design thinking? History and evolution
- Core principles: Human-centeredness, collaboration, and experimentation
- The 5 stages of design thinkin
- Understanding the role of creativity in innovation
- Case studies of successful design thinking applications
- Building empathy: Understanding user needs and challenges.
- Tools for empathy mapping
- Journey mapping
- Persona development
- Observation and interview techniques
- Identifying key pain points and opportunities
- Workshop: Conducting user interviews and creating empathy maps
- Defining the problem with clarity: How Might We (HMW) questions
- Techniques for problem framing and reframing
- Fostering creativity through ideation
- Brainstorming and idea clustering
- Role-storming and reverse thinking
- Workshop: Generating and refining innovative ideas
- Prototyping as a tool for experimentation:
- Types of prototypes (low-fidelity and high-fidelity)
- Tools for rapid prototyping
- Conducting user testing to gather actionable feedback
- Iteration: Refining solutions based on user input
- Workshop: Creating prototypes and testing with peers
- Scaling design thinking for organizational impact
- Embedding a culture of creativity and innovation in teams
- Developing action plans for implementing design thinking initiatives
- Group project: Solving a real-world business challenge using design thinking
- Presentation of solutions and peer review
- Certification assessment and course closure
Accreditation
The Certificate
- Anderson Certificate of Completion will be provided to delegates who attend and complete the course
- Anderson Professional Certification (APC)® Certificate will be provided to delegates who successfully completes and pass the APC assessment
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Our training programs are hosted at luxurious five-star hotels in prestigious destinations across the globe. Some of our popular locations include Dubai, London, Kuala Lumpur, Amsterdam, New York, Paris, Vienna, and many other iconic cities.
Can I request customized corporate training?
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