Design Thinking and Innovation Course
Online
DURATION
7 Weeks
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Part time
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EARLIEST START DATE
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TUITION FEES
USD 1,850
STUDY FORMAT
Distance Learning
Introduction
Uncover Innovative Solutions to Your Most Challenging Business Problems
Design Thinking and Innovation will teach you how to leverage fundamental design thinking principles and innovative problem-solving tools to address business challenges and build products, strategies, teams, and environments for optimal use and performance.
The HBS Online Advantage
- World-class faculty
- Edge-of-your-seat online learning
- Global peer collaboration and networking
- Real-world projects, case-based learning
Harvard Business School Online offers a unique and highly engaging way to learn vital business concepts. Immerse yourself in real challenges faced by leading businesses, including BMVSS, IBM, Insigne Health, Frog Design, and Philips. You’ll wrestle with the issues they faced, all while engaging with fellow learners from around the world.
Ideal Students
Who Will Benefit
- Aspiring or Current Innovation Managers: Develop an innovation mindset and toolkit you can use to guide your team or organization’s strategy.
- Entrepreneurs: Discover frameworks and techniques you can leverage to bring new and innovative products or services to market.
- Product Managers, Developers, and Marketers: Create products and services that resonate with your audience by understanding and applying human-centered design.
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
This course is not eligible for scholarships and financial aid, but past participants do receive a 30% discount. For more information, please visit our Payment & Financial Aid page.
Curriculum
Program Structure
Design Thinking and Innovation features five weeks of course content and two weeks of project work, enabling you to put your learning into practice. You’ll have the opportunity to collaborate and problem-solve with your peers, who come from a wide range of professional experiences, backgrounds, and countries. In the process, you’ll build your network while gaining insights you can apply to your own organization.
The course consists of approximately 35–40 hours of material, including 30–35 hours of course content and 5 hours of project work. You can complete the coursework on your own time while meeting regular deadlines.
Design Thinking and Innovation is part of the Entrepreneurship & Innovation Learning Track. If you’re interested in developing deeper insights and expertise, you can choose to complete three entrepreneurship and innovation courses within 18 months to earn a Certificate of Specialization.
Syllabus
Design Thinking and Innovation equips current and aspiring innovation managers with the design thinking principles and innovative problem-solving tools to solve business challenges and guide their organization’s strategy. The course features five weeks of course content and two weeks of project work, enabling you to put your learning into practice. Leaders interviewed include Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel, Royal Philips CEO Frans van Houten, and T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert, among others. Participants will walk away with an innovation toolkit of frameworks and exercises for identifying business opportunities and generating possible solutions for their organization’s initiatives.
Program Outcome
What You’ll Learn
- Approach problems using structured methods of gathering observations, breaking cognitive fixedness, and generating creative ideas for solutions
- Apply creative solutions and behavior-change analysis to innovation development and internal team processes
- Develop a strategic innovation toolkit and learn when and how to apply design thinking and innovative problem-solving tools and exercises
- Practice empathy in applying a human-centered approach to design techniques, such as user research, user experience, prototyping, and journey mapping
- Assess group dynamics and improve team performance through tools and processes designed to enhance collaboration and iteration in development
- Guide teams to draw from a wide range of professional experiences and backgrounds and create stronger collaboration dynamics to heighten their approach to innovation
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English Language Requirements
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