IntoActions and dGlobal at Stanford: Bringing the Stanford Design Way to You

Reinhold SteinbeckDesign Thinking, Education

IntoActions and the dGlobal at Stanford program are joining forces to help groups anywhere in the world learn the Stanford Design Way and apply it to their local context.

dGlobal is a 6-week online course, designed to reinforce key concepts based on the enduring practices from the award-winning ME310 design course and leveraging research from the Stanford Center for Design Research (CDR) and the HPI-Stanford Design Thinking Research Program. dGlobal is administered by the Stanford Continuing Studies Program.

Building Innovative Teams

How do the best teams work? What practices support a highly innovative team? This cutting-edge hybrid program is designed around how people truly learn – through a blend of practice, reflection, and reinforcement.

Step 1. Practice: In a flipped model of learning, you organize any event or workshop to provide participants with an initial exposure to group collaboration and design teamwork.

Step 2. Reflect: Interested participants can then submit a mini e-portfolio in which they reflect on their teaming experience through words and photos.

Step 3. Reinforce: Participants then enroll and participate in a Stanford 6-week online course, designed to reinforce key concepts based on the enduring practices from the award-winning ME310 design course, taught at Stanford since 1967. Course topics address:

  • Create a learning culture
  • Building T-Teams
  • Collaborating versus coordinating
  • Why build to think
  • Three horses
  • All design is redesign

HPI-Stanford Design Thinking Research Program

Benefits & Cost

Participants who complete all three parts earn an official Stanford University transcript and 1 unit of Stanford Continuing Studies credit for DSN300W. They also join the Continuing Studies Program alumni community. Tuition for the 6-week course is USD$400 per person, payable to Stanford. Expected course load is approx. 3 hours weekly.

The online course can be combined with a hands-on workshop at the Silicon Valley Innovation Studio in San Francisco, or at the participants’ location.

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