Design Thinking | Learn

4 CHAPTERS

Why is this Series Important?

Offers a new perspective of approaching change and crises in businesses and workplace.
Offers a simplified 3-step framework of Design Thinking to business problems.

Made just for:

People interested to dabble into Design Thinking.
People looking for a simplified yet immediately applicable framework of Design Thinking in their businesses or projects.

Browse lessons:

The First Step to Design Thinking - Values Identification
"Learn" is the first step in Design Thinking, and a crucial element of it is values identification. What are values and how to identify values? Tap into this chapter to dip your toes in the first step of Design Thinking.
Always Start with Why
Design Thinking is all about putting the users at the centre of a business or project. Are you ready to better understand you users? Start activating an inquisitive mode in every step of your decision to create a better end product that speaks to your users.
Know Your Audience - Empathy Map
To improve your product or business, you should be willing to take the extra mile to understand your audience's habits and behaviours. Tap into this chapter to learn how to build a complete empathy map for your business.
Transforming Audience's Needs to Insights
This chapter teaches you how to translate the data you have gathered from your audience into practical insights that you can directly implement in your business projects. Put on your thinking cap and an attentive mind to learn exactly how to do it.

Your instructors:

Max Sim

Founder and Brand Innovator of BePartOf

Max Sim is an entrepreneur and strategy coach who in the last decade has worked with over 100 brands and 20 industries. Max Sim also founded BePartOf [BPO], and is a member of AIGA (The Professional Association for Design). He holds the mission to design a future that matters through innovating brands and transforming businesses.

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