Design Thinking as a Mindset
By Anita Dierckx
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On-Line: 27 January 2021
New ideas are the key to business growth. The mindset and strategies to generate them can be learned. This workshop will give you the necessary appetite to start innovating from a customer’s point of view.
What is this workshop about?
This interactive workshop shows you how to use empathy and experimentation to achieve human centred innovative solutions. It also focusses on developing both the design thinking mindset and the expertise in the related methods which can be applied in your business environment.
How can you benefit from this workshop?
- You will be able to explain the design thinking approach to solving problems.
- You will be able to apply the design thinking approach and tools to a variety of challenges and problems.
- You will be able to participate positively in collaborative and creative brainstorming.
"The difference between a leader and a follower
is innovation"
- Steve Jobs
About Anita Dierckx
Anita specializes in change processes and digital transformation, where she focusses on the human side of the story. She is an expert in Design Thinking and Connecting Communication; and easily applies different change management methodologies. Realizing a good end-user adoption is her objective.
Anita has worked 30 years for Engie, an international energy giant, where she has lived through numerous reorganizations and therefore acquired a clear understanding of change management processes... She has strong empathy, an entrepreneurial mentality, a pragmatic approach and she is a source of inspiration for innovative problem solving.
Anita’s motto is: from work pressure to work pleasure
Next to her passion for innovation, she loves making creative flower pieces and is an addicted tango dancer.
Learn more about Anita and her work LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anitadierckx/ and her website: https://innovita.be/anita-dierckx/.
Payment
Please make payment of €10 via PayPal to https://paypal.me/andyjwhittle. If you do not wish to use Paypal, please let us know when you register and we will send you information for making a bank transfer. Proceeds from the workshop will be donated to charity.
Joining the Workshop
We will use Zoom, the on-line conferencing software, to give this workshop. If you have not already done so, you can download the Zoom app to your computer or telephone free.
A day or two before the workshop, Andy will all paid participants the link for joining the workshop.
Date and Time
When Wednesday, 27 January 2021; Session will start at at 18:55 and the workshop will begin at 19:00 (18:00 BST, 13:00 EDT time). Please log in early.
Want to come?
Please reply to your invitation e-mail or follow this link to sign up for for this workshop. Please also make payment via Paypal (see above)
Participants
- Andy W
- Jeffrey B
- Anita D
- Gert D
- AnneMartine N
- Laurence H
- Marie Ann G
- Caroline D
- Kristina P
- Chalks C
- Michael H
- Ellen Carey
- Hilde H
- Jan VdP
- Dries D
- Andrea S
- Ally D
- Simonne W
- Jane H
- Dalia J
- Vero B
- Mirjam D
- Iren W
- Gabriela S **
- Dalia J **
- Zlatimira **
- Mirjam D **
- Jan A **
- John C **
- Brian T **
- Liz K **
- Geraldine V **
- Cheryl C **
Notes
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** Registered as "Interested" on Facebook which, in practice, means they probably won't come. But we appreciate their enthusiasm and support nonetheless.
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24 April 2024 - This workshop has been cancelled.
8 May 2024 - workshop: About Trauma by Anita Sheehan
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