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I think the course is nicely structured and in the given timeframe and for the price it gives a valuable overview on design thinking (DT). On the other hand it is too short to teach any skills or give a deep insight into any of the DT tools. Thus it is to me more a management awareness training and sadly this is not clear from the description. Additionally to complete the training one has to provide a short description of a case study with one of the DT tools. In 5 weeks I think it can only be done properly if the participant is already an active coach/facilitator or working in an innovation related position. This is also not clear from the description and somewhat contradictory to the scope of the course.

I didn't really understand much from the course without looking for other online resources to read. Bit too much of a reliance on long case study videos, which were interesting, but didn't really go into the nuts and bolts of how to practically run a design thinking inspired session. If you have a career background in innovation, you won't gain much from this course, and I'm not 100% sure how much of Design Thinking I've learnt from the course versus my own research to try and understand the gaps in my knowledge left by the course.

The concept 'Design Thinking' itself appears to be just a combination of various group activities and brainstorming techniques that anyone in any industry for a couple of decades has already participated in. The tools have been around for a while too.

I dropped out during the 4th week, when the trainer's description of the remaining steps/activities did not throw up anything new.

It may be a useful compilation for people 0-5 years in the workforce, but for those more experienced - you've probably already started down the path.