{"id":2179,"date":"2021-09-24T17:28:10","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T17:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/lacy-business\/design-thinking\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T14:57:34","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T18:57:34","slug":"design-thinking","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academics\/butler-professional-education\/individuals\/design-thinking\/","title":{"rendered":"Design Thinking Certificate"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"content-block content-block--has-menu wp-block-butler-content-block\">\n\t<div class=\"content-block-container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"content-block-layout\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content-block-menu-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"content-block-menu-nav\" aria-label=\"Site menu\" id=\"page-nav\"><div class=\"content-block-menu-wrapper\"><header class=\"content-block-menu-header\"><span class=\"content-block-menu-header-label\">Continuing and Professional Education Menu<\/span><button type=\"button\" class=\"content-block-menu-mobile-toggle\" title=\"Toggle menu\" aria-label=\"Toggle menu\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/button><\/header><ul class=\"content-block-menu-list\"><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academics\/butler-professional-education\/employers\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Programs for Organizations<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academics\/butler-professional-education\/individuals\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Programs for Individuals<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wkf.ms\/45x1yaU\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Request More Information<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academics\/butler-professional-education\/our-team\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Our Team<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/nav>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content-block-content-container is-layout-constrained\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-design-thinking-certificate\">Design Thinking Certificate<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bridging the gap between left-brain and right-brain, Design Thinking helps professionals and their teams to innovate, problem solve, and execute new ideas. Butler\u2019s online Design Thinking Certificate offers an effective learning method for this human-centered approach to building businesses and products. Our Design Thinking Certificate provides a toolkit to actually apply concepts and walk students through live projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Cost<\/strong><br>$398&nbsp;per module or a $1,990 package price for five modules. Payment plans are available. Upon completion of all modules, certificate recipients&nbsp;receive a printed and digital Design Thinking Certificate badge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/butler.catalog.instructure.com\/browse\/execed\/programs\/design-thinking-certificate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Enroll Now<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.monday.com\/forms\/2bcf27bbb1c654672734085c42dc509d?r=use1\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Request Information<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-design-thinking-methodology\">Design Thinking Methodology<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Design thinking is a problem-solving approach that provides the tools, thought-processes, and practices to create innovation. Applicable across any industry and profession, design thinking is proven to answer the \u201cwhat\u201d and \u201chow\u201d in order to develop a successful outcome in challenging situations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Understand the needs of stakeholders.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Listen before solving.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use a variety of qualitative methods.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Develop insights and themes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Define the opportunity.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Create a range of possible solutions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Build early drafts or prototypes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Test the prototype to get feedback.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Incorporate feedback to improve the solution.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Plan for delivery, marketing, and tactical work.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Incorporate your typical project management process.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-courses\">Courses<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"butler-accordion-container wp-block-butler-accordion-container\" data-allow-multiple=\"false\" style=\"--butler-accordion-title-bg-hover: ;\">\n\n<div class=\"butler-accordion-item wp-block-butler-accordion-item\">\n\t<div class=\"butler-accordion-header\">\n\t\t<h2 class=\"butler-accordion-title wp-block-butler-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t<button class=\"butler-accordion-toggle\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\tDT 401 Intro to Design Thinking\t\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Open<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/h2>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"butler-accordion-item-content\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bridging the gap between left-brain and right-brain, Design Thinking helps professionals and their teams to innovate and execute new ideas. Butler\u2019s Executive Education Design Thinking Certificate offers an effective learning method for this human-centered approach to building businesses and products. While we can tell you Butler\u2019s Lacy School of Business is nationally ranked and recognized, Executive Education measures its impact in the field \u2013 among talented business professionals. Many certificate programs simply supply information. Our certificate programs\u00a0mirror Butler\u2019s belief in experiential education. On this basis, our Design Thinking Certificate provides a toolkit to actually apply concepts and walk students through live projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/butler.catalog.instructure.com\/browse\/execed\/courses\/dt-401-intro-to-design-thinking\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">View Course<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"butler-accordion-item wp-block-butler-accordion-item\">\n\t<div class=\"butler-accordion-header\">\n\t\t<h2 class=\"butler-accordion-title wp-block-butler-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t<button class=\"butler-accordion-toggle\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\tDT 402 Design Thinking: Inquire\t\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Open<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/h2>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"butler-accordion-item-content\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Understand the needs of stakeholders.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Listen before solving.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use a variety of qualitative methods.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/butler.catalog.instructure.com\/browse\/execed\/courses\/dt-402-design-thinking-inquire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">View Course<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"butler-accordion-item wp-block-butler-accordion-item\">\n\t<div class=\"butler-accordion-header\">\n\t\t<h2 class=\"butler-accordion-title wp-block-butler-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t<button class=\"butler-accordion-toggle\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\tDT 403 Design Thinking: Imagine\t\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Open<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/h2>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"butler-accordion-item-content\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Develop insights and themes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Define the opportunity.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Create a range of possible solutions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a 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