Leading through innovation is easier said than done. We all know: innovation is the key factor when it comes to competitive advantage in today´s globalised business cosmos. However, innovation is not a black box: it is a skill that has been explored in great depth in recent years, and it´s a skill that can be learned.

Learn how to innovate like Apple!

Apple and Google are global market leaders. And they are two of the companies that use a method called Design Thinking, developed at Stanford University a little over ten years ago. Companies like Google and Apple show that Design Thinking is the key to implementing innovation in corporate culture: it is their capability of provoking new ideas through a sound innovation process that – at the end of the day – draws the line between innovators and followers.

Like Apple, we believe in the enormous creative potential of multi-disciplinary teams, which is why the Design Thinking methodology lies at the heart of The Faces of Design Academy programme. Join us for one of our workshops and be inspired: working within a network of people from the most diverse backgrounds – ranging from artists and designers to entrepreneurs and scientists – will reveal this potential to you.

Our Seminars look at a range of different topics that we have identified as key challenges to companies and individuals today. Kicking off into the day with an inspiring key note, the rest of the day will be devoted to exploring the given topic through the Design Thinking method.

What you get is a sound double package: cutting-edge expertise on crucial topics, delivered via a highly acclaimed, proven process, which is in itself an approach to fostering innovative thinking and creativity.

Through experiencing the Design Thinking methodology, you will have a chance to build your own innovation skills, whilst at the same time learning from specialists from a range of different fields and disciplines.

The Course Format

The Faces of Design Academy is created as a modular system: depending on your specific interests, you can either pick one single workshop, create your personal compilation of several topics you find relevant, or book the entire catalogue package. Of course we will gladly assist you with your choice.

The Faces of Design Academy course catalogue has been specifically designed to cover some of the most urgent challenges in today´s complex, competitive market situations:

• Online Social Media and Ambassador Marketing

• Innovation and Change Management

• Creativity Training and Visualisation Techniques

• CSR and Sustainability 

The workshops are generally designed for professionals from diverse backgrounds, as we believe in the power of multi-disciplinary teams and the synergies of diversity. By opening the Faces of Design Academy to diverse disciplines, we can provide you with relevant insight beyond your common mindset and thereby provoke profound innovative insight.

Interested?

Then make sure to check out our upcoming workshop offer!

The first seminar was held in Berlin on January 15th, 2011; it was focused on Social Media Marketing and was run exclusively for a select number of invited guests:

Social Media Identity:

Creating Your Virtual Self with Design Thinking

Please feel free to notify Anna at anna.schwaderer@facesofdesign.com if you would like to receive an inivitation to our next event!

► Of course we are also happy to create tailor-made formats to cater for your company´s or institution´s specific needs; please click here to get to find out more about our Corporate Services.