Masterclass in Design Thinking, Innovation & Creativity (Udemy.com)
Learn the Design Thinking process from inception to validation. Understand users, uncover insights, prototype & test
Created by: Rinat Sherzer
Last updated June 2020
What you will learn
- Learn the entire Design Thinking process by working on your own challenge, from inception to validation
- Practice diverse tools that will enhance your creativity and innovation skills
- Deeply understand your target audience through various research methodologies
- Uncover surprising insights
- Learn to reframe problems into opportunities
- Create a Point of View on the challenge that will set you up for an innovative solution
- Build capacity for brainstorming and ideation
- Craft a prototype for a chosen solution and test with real users
How it compares
Against the other 1,210 rated Udemy courses in Business on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.4 out of 5higher than 27% of them
- Reviews641#579 of 1,211 by number of reviews
- Length2.2 hoursshorter than 60% of them
- Last updatedJune 2020earlier than 88% of them
Course Description
Design Thinking is the leading discipline in the field of innovation.
In this masterclass, we will embark on a journey and discover new opportunities for innovation led by Rinat Sherzer, founder of Of Course Global, a purpose-driven innovation consultancy.
We'll go through the entire Design Thinking process from inception to validation.
It’s a process of crafting solutions while using creative problem-solving techniques. And is used by the most groundbreaking companies out there such as Apple, Capital One, and Airbnb.
It wisely navigates between wild big ideas and actionable steps.
Design Thinking is a process that not only allows you to create a validated solution but also gets you to know your users at a deep level and solve problems that really matter.
Design Thinking widely been adopted by UX Designers, product owners, entrepreneurs, and social entrepreneurs around the world.
We live in a saturated world of products and services. A world with many short term solutions that fail to benefit our society and environment. Wouldn’t you like to create the next big game-changing idea?
By the end of this masterclass, you will have deeply understood your target audience, uncovered surprising insights, came up with many exciting ideas and then prototyped and tested the chosen idea with real users.
Over the past 12 years, Rinat has helped thousands of people sharpen their creative skills and build purpose-driven solutions.
From managers in Fortune 500 companies such as Microsoft, Capital One and Pfizer to students in acclaimed universities such as Cornell, Parsons and Columbia University all the way to emerging entrepreneurs working on their first venture.
She helped startups grow into multi-million worth companies and designed strategies for global peace movements all by using the tools taught in this masterclass.
In this masterclass, you will learn the ins and outs of purpose-driven innovation through the Design Thinking. You will learn from real case studies and top creative tools out there.
It’s going to be a hands-on experience!
You will be encouraged to step out of your comfort zone, a lot! It’s going to be messy, eye-opening, and fun!
So if value-driven solutions, collaboration, and creative thinking speak to you, this Design Thinking, Creativity & Innovation masterclass is for you!
Music used in the videos by: Bensound
Instructor Details
- 4.4 Rating
641 Reviews
Rinat Sherzer
Rinat Sherzer is a New York-based social entrepreneur, an educator, and a public speaker. I’m the founder of Of Course Global, a purpose-driven innovation consultancy.
Among their clients are: Capital One, Pfizer & Microsoft.
In over 12 years of experience in the field of Design Thinking & Innovation, she has helped startups grow into multi-million worth companies and designed strategies for global peace movements.
Rinat has lectured on Design Thinking & Social Innovation in acclaimed Universities such as Harvard, Cornell, Columbia, NYU, University of Pennsylvania, Cooper Union, College for Creative Studies.
She is an Adjunct Professor at Parsons School of Design and mentors entrepreneurs from all over the world, helping them bring their ideas into fruition.
Rinat's focus is in creating a society with equal rights and opportunities for all. You can see more about her research and work in her TED Talk: The Bloody Taboo With The Power To Change The World.
Rinat holds a Bachelor's degree in Biotechnology Engineering from Ben-Gurion University, Israel and an MFA in Design for Social Innovation from SVA, NY.
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Reviews
By Etna Pocasangre on 12/20/2021
A super fun and simple way to explain the topics, I love the fact the breaks were encourage, fun music and not take the process too serious. Letting your mind rest allow me, for more creativity and retention. Absolutely recommend it for anyone who is starting into design thinking. Thank you
By Vikas Jakate on 6/20/2021
The course content is very good and most importantly the way concept presented and make me understand. I am Working in design field since long but few insights in course help to bridge the gaps in thinking. It’s really wonderful and make you think how should you design user friendly product. Love it .... thanks
By Anand S Raman on 1/28/2021
Good introduction and context building of the topic and more importantly with the right mood and passion. Loved the simplicity, integrity and love for the topic of the teacher, its contagious. This would have been a great class for in person learning and experience.
By Katia Neufeld on 12/12/2020
I don’t have a sense so far that I am learning anything new. The teacher is nice but not a great communicator. I find that there is a lot of information missing. It didn't benefit my learning.
By Nishad Kapadia on 9/6/2020
Yes, It was clearly explained, lots of case studies and experiences, tips , nuances shared. We could feel that openness to share, her experience and gotchas. Excellent course. Minor suggestion imho was that it could have been more helpful if one exercise could have been used to navigate all the phases / steps of the design methodology.
By Karshini Tyagarajan on 8/16/2020
Hello Rinat! The course kept me stuck to it throughout. After every session, I was awe struck with so many new ideas popping up in my mind. Loved every bit of this course. The best course I have taken so far. Right from those creative ideas to inspiring stories, you kept me glued to my seat, although I know, breaks are essential for design thinking ;) Great work and Kudos to you :)
By Alexi Transparent on 8/8/2020
This course is exactly what I needed! I've been looking for an inspiring innovation course to walk me through the steps of design thinking and voila! Rinat is knowledgeable, engaging, and warm in her approach. She presents the information clearly and gives plenty of real-world examples and opportunities to apply the concepts. I'm excited to use what I learned going forward! :)
By Jayant Wagh on 8/5/2020
video clips very small are very small disturbing music. As this is online course, I suggest you must run through one examples at each stage.
By Paul Pangaro on 7/16/2020
This is an approachable and powerful course in Design Thinking. It goes deep into the method with steps that are straightforward to follow and go deep. Instructor is clearly experienced in the process and brings enthusiasm and encouragement.
By Miruna Macri on 7/15/2020
This was the first class I took on Udemy, and I'm genuinely grateful it was with Rinat. What a great energy! Her content is structured wisely so that anyone can understand design thinking. I'm already working in this field, but I felt anyone could benefit from this. It's more than a course; it's a life lesson, a new way to look, organize your thoughts, and have different ways to come up with solutions. I particularly loved her short and creative stories that explain abstract concepts. It's wonderful how it felt so easy to come up with a bunch of ideas, and that's all thanks to her - she is a wonderful professor. I will definitely use this further in my work and recommend it to friends. Thank you, Rinat!
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