Design Thinking Courses and Certifications

Need-Finding and Empathy - Why Your Customers Can't Tell You What They Want

Explore need-finding techniques to build empathy and generate innovative solutions. Learn why customers struggle to articulate needs and how to uncover actionable data for effective problem-solving.

• YouTube
• 52 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Redesigning the CEO

Sarah Nahm shares insights on entrepreneurial leadership, emphasizing embracing uncertainty, observing others, and transforming hiring processes through her experiences founding and leading Lever, a talent recruitment platform.

• YouTube
• 43 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Design Thinking and the Art of Innovation

Explore Design Thinking as practiced at Stanford's d.school and learn how it can transform innovation and market strategies. Discover tools to compete in a world of radical innovation and succeed.

• YouTube
• 55 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Design Thinking - Tackling Big Questions and Important Decisions

Explore how design thinking can help tackle life's big questions and important decisions with Stanford's Bill Burnett, offering innovative approaches to decision-making challenges.

• YouTube
• 56 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Project Innovation through Design Thinking

Accelerate innovation using design thinking: learn key challenges, opportunities, and practical techniques for project managers to lead teams in creating new products and services.

• YouTube
• 59 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Design Thinking - A Strategic Tool

Discover how design thinking can foster strategic innovation and transform organizational culture with insights from Stanford's Design Group.

• YouTube
• 50 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Pivot Thinking - The Neuroscience of Design

Explore cognitive science and neuroscience findings behind design thinking, including "pivot thinking" - the ability to reframe problems and shift directions in problem-solving.

• YouTube
• 55 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Global Product Design

Explore models and challenges in designing products for a global landscape, focusing on cultural considerations and strategies for international success.

• YouTube
• 53 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Haptics - Designing for Touch

Explore haptics in medical robotics and human-machine interfaces. Learn how touch-based design enhances patient treatment and innovation in healthcare technology.

• YouTube
• 46 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Improve Work Process with Design Thinking

Discover key Design Thinking techniques to solve workplace challenges and enhance team processes in this insightful webinar led by Stanford experts.

• YouTube
• 54 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

The Achievement Habit - A Design Thinking Guide for Doers

Transform your behavior and achieve goals using design thinking principles. Learn problem-solving techniques, overcome barriers to action, and gain confidence to pursue your aspirations.

• YouTube
• 40 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Design Your Life - Part II - Prototypes for Personal Success

Explore innovative approaches to work-life balance through action-oriented prototyping. Learn to articulate your identity, beliefs, and actions to create a coherent life path aligned with your values.

• YouTube
• 51 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Design Your Life - Part I - Reframe Your Passion

Apply design thinking to career choices and explore why turning passion into profession may not be the best approach. Learn new strategies for vocational wayfinding and life planning.

• YouTube
• 46 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

How to Bring Empathy and Experimentation into Your Work Today

Learn foundational design thinking techniques to advance your projects through case studies, instruction, and real-time activities led by Stanford professors Klebahn and Utley.

• YouTube
• 50 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Design Thinking and the Art of Critique - I Like-I Wish

Explore the "I like/I wish" technique for constructive feedback and ideation in design thinking, fostering open communication and collaborative problem-solving within teams.

• YouTube
• 48 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course