What is this?
Overview
*Update April 2020: There is new curriculum for facilitators. Go to the d.school Starter Kit!*
“Be a Design Thinking facilitator!”
Join a community of learners, do-ers and teachers. Journey through a Design Thinking experience, apply it in the real world, and go forth and teach others the methodology.
Facilitator Roles
Coordinate a group of participants and meeting space. There must be a minimum of 2 people, but no maximum for the number or participants.
Present Opening Remarks on WHAT Design Thinking is to you, and why this is an important exercise for the group. There are NO wrong answers here.
Facilitate and document the Crash Course debrief.
Help your team move from learning design thinking to doing design thinking. It may help you to review the various mixtapes ahead of time so that you have a hunch as to what direction your team might want to take.
Set up the room and materials.
Space should be configured to allow for participants to pair up near one another easily.
Have enough prototyping materials available (candy is always a nice add).
Please print the d.gift handout and modes/mindsets for each participant. You can find them in the sidebar above.
Read the Facilitator’s Guide
Download and print the Facilitator’s Guide. This is your guide to running the crash course.
Download the Facilitator’s Guide
The Kick-off
Instead of talking about design thinking, kick-off by diving in and experiencing it with the first activity.
Credits
Jeremy Utley, Scott Doorley, George Kembel, Perry Klebahn, Mark Hanlon, Janetti Chon, and Bruce Boyd