The d.school’s executive education programs are designed to increase the ability of both individuals and teams to innovate, and to impart the creative confidence they need to address diverse business challenges. Our programs are focused on developing individuals’ capabilities, and in turn fostering the innovation capabilities of the organization. The d.school shapes innovators using a human-centered process with hands-on, experiential, iterative learning.
In a workshop, executives engage in hands-on projects to learn the d.school's human-centered, prototype-driven approach to innovation. Executives undertake a complete design cycle: gaining empathy by observation, defining the scope of the project, prototyping new-to-the-world innovations, soliciting feedback and iterating based on user testing. Workshop participants are immersed in real-world experiences and engage users in order to discover deep consumer insights and leverage low-resolution prototyping to get to unexpected big ideas. Embedded coaches guide executives through each stage of the innovation process and provide insights on how to apply design thinking to everyday work processes.

Open-Enrollment

The d.school offers 2 open-enrollment programs each year, in July and November. Individuals and small teams are invited to apply.

Customized Boot Camps & Leadership Programs

The d.school structures its executive education offerings to impart, and then build on, the fundamentals of design thinking. Customized programs are designed to tackle your organization's unique challenges, as well as to amplify existing processes that lead to success and replace the ones that don't. 

Customized programs are available to alumni of our open-enrollment programs, or by referral from our network of d.school faculty.