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5 days to solve your problem
Innovation Academy

5 days to solve your problem

Learn how to run a design sprint – a time-boxed, intensive, structured process for finding innovative solutions to complex problems

This one-week training programme equips you with the tools and techniques to facilitate and participate effectively in a design sprint. You’ll learn the step-by-step methodology, which involves understanding the problem, generating ideas, designing experiments and testing solutions. You’ll gain insights into conducting user research, defining problem statements, ideation techniques, rapid prototyping and user testing. The training is interactive and hands-on, working in teams, and you’ll be using your new skills to tackle live, real-world challenges.

What’s included

  • A five-day course, run by expert design and innovation practitioners

  • Online or in person

  • Hands-on exercises relevant to your business

  • Small group activities to spark conversation and collaboration

  • Lifetime access to our expert toolkits and worksheets

  • Pre- and post-session learning activities

  • Access to our online innovation community

Outcomes

  • Comprehensive understanding of the principles, framework and key steps in a design sprint

  • The facilitation skills to lead a design sprint

  • Identify and frame complex problems, define clear problem statements and set achievable goals

  • Conduct effective user research to gather insights and understand users’ needs

  • Generate innovative ideas, collaborate and facilitate brainstorming sessions

  • Hands-on experience creating rapid prototypes and iterating based on user feedback

  • Better teamwork and communication skills, through group exercises and collaborative problem solving


  • Format: online or in person
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    Duration: 1 week
Andy Gardener, Innovation Academy Lead
Andy Gardener, Innovation Academy Lead

Contact Andy at andy.gardener@wearemagnetic.com if you’d like to discuss running a course and equipping your teams with the skills they need to kickstart new capabilities, new thinking and new ways of working.

“The materials and templates proved invaluable at  capturing information and data and applying empirical
process to real problems.”

Innovation Manager, Just
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