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Design Thinking Bootcamp: Make Impact and Drive Growth in Your Organization
Learn and apply skills to solve real business challenges using human-centered design techniques in a four-day workshop at Stanford’s d.school.

At Design Thinking Bootcamp, we understand that every product, service, and experience you work on must deliver. Our intensive program is focused on helping you solve complex problems and supports you to design and build innovative solutions for future growth. You will learn proven yet unconventional skills and tools to magnify consumer empathy and bring early product concepts to life quickly. As some of our alums have said, “you will accomplish more in three days at Bootcamp than in 30 days of work.” You will feel the intense pace at which innovation can happen. Our dynamic teaching team is committed to coaching you as you work in a small team with other professionals on a real project to apply our design thinking methods. You will leave with a toolkit of revolutionary ways of thinking about your work and the challenge to bring new products, services, or experiences to market.
Key Benefits
Learn design thinking tools and get coaching to drive innovation at your own company.- Two-thirds of our graduates bring a new product, service, or experience to market within 36 months.
- Lifelong access to the newest design methods taught by Stanford’s state-of-the-art d.school — the originator of design thinking.
- Team up with other professionals and train together to drive growth on a real project.
- All teaching and coaching is done by a combination of Stanford professors and successful program alums who are design-driven leaders themselves.
- A personalized experience with a student-to-faculty ratio of 6:1.
- A combination of hands-on training and short lecture-style sessions.
- Join and connect with a robust Stanford d.school alumni network.
- Stanford letter of completion awarded.
Who Should Attend
- Professionals responsible for tackling strategic challenges, driving growth, and implementing systems for innovation
- Professionals interested in making impact on their current customers and diversifying their offering to reach new audiences
- Leaders who seek deep collaboration across multidisciplinary, diverse teams
- Due to the goals of this program, it is not appropriate for consultants or for those who work for consulting agencies or design firms
Spring Session|22 Mar 2021 – 26 Mar 2021
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Full-time
Application Requirements
Qualified candidates are admitted on a rolling, space-available basis. Early applications are encouraged.
Deadline
05 Feb 2021
Program Fee
US $13,000
Payment is due upon admission. Your space is secured upon receipt of full payment.
Team Discount
Receive a 15% discount when multiple participants (up to 5) who work directly at the same organization attend the same program. List your teammate(s) in your application.
Awarded
Participants in this program receive a letter of completion upon request.
Summer Session|12 Jul 2021 – 16 Jul 2021
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Live Online
Full-time
Application Requirements
Qualified candidates are admitted on a rolling, space-available basis. Early applications are encouraged.
Deadline
28 May 2021
Program Fee
US $13,000
Payment is due upon admission. Your space is secured upon receipt of full payment.
Team Discount
Receive a 15% discount when multiple participants (up to 5) who work directly at the same organization attend the same program. List your teammate(s) in your application.
Awarded
Participants in this program receive a letter of completion upon request.
Fall Session|13 Sep 2021 – 17 Sep 2021
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In-person|Stanford GSB
Full-time
Application Requirements
Qualified candidates are admitted on a rolling, space-available basis. Early applications are encouraged.
Deadline
30 Jul 2021
Program Fee
US $13,000
The program fee includes tuition, private accommodations, all meals, and course materials.
Payment is due upon admission. Your space is secured upon receipt of full payment.
Team Discount
Receive a 15% discount when multiple participants (up to 5) who work directly at the same organization attend the same program. List your teammate(s) in your application.
Awarded
Participants in this program receive a letter of completion upon request.
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Consulting Associate Professor and Director of Executive Education, Hasso Plattner Institute of Design (d.school), Stanford University
Director of Executive Education, Hasso Plattner Institute of Design (d.school), Stanford University
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