Design thinking workshops that students actually use after class.
Guest lectures, workshops, and bootcamps for MBA, engineering, and design programs - built on the Growth Diamond Model, with live exercises your students can apply to cases, projects, and placements.
Learn the framework first. The Academy is a free, full guide to the Growth Diamond ModelTM. Share it with your students or team before our session.
Who this is for
Professors and faculty · Program coordinators · Student clubs · Institutions preparing students for product, consulting, and startup roles.
Formats
| Format | Duration | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| Guest lecture | 60-90 min | Intro to design thinking / Growth Diamond Model; large batches |
| Half-day workshop | 3-4 hours | One phase deep-dive (e.g. Empathize + Define) with exercise |
| Full-day workshop | 6-7 hours | End-to-end sprint on a sample or campus case |
| 2-day bootcamp | 2 days | Empathize through Ideate with team outputs |
| Faculty development | Custom | Train-the-trainer on Growth Diamond Model for your curriculum |
Duration and depth are tailored to your syllabus and batch size. See a recent MBA bootcamp case study. For a ready-to-run 90-minute MBA session plan, see MBA session plan, see How to Run a 90-Minute Design Thinking Workshop in an MBA Classroom. For teams in India, see 5 Design Thinking Mistakes Product Teams Make in India.
Sample agenda (1-day workshop)
09:00 - 09:30Why design thinking · Growth Diamond Model overview
09:30 - 11:00Empathize: pain points, empathy interviews (exercise)
11:15 - 12:45Define: categorization, problem statement (exercise)
13:30 - 15:00Ideate: brainstorming and idea evaluation (exercise)
15:15 - 16:30Develop: rapid prototyping concepts
16:30 - 17:00Wrap-up, Q&A, Academy resources
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