Become a Junior Design Thinking Coach
learn and apply Design Thinking, eye-to-eye with other cultures, get out of your comfort zone, and CREATE IMPACT!
The Junior Design Thinking Coach training is designed for employees and managers who can benefit from innovation, new ways of working, customer-centricity, and a hands-on mindset in their everyday work.
You will not only be trained in the human-centered innovation method Design Thinking but also gain first experience in coaching. After completing the 7-day program you will be ready to facilitate your own Design Thinking workshops within your company and channel the creativity of your coworkers!
Thereby, the program combines professional skills development, learning on eye-level with the local Junior Coach aspirants, and harnessing the power of Design Thinking for the benefit of the local communities.
Key skills: #DesignThinking #Innovation #Problemsolving #Customer-centricity, #Creativity #InternationalTeamWork #Coaching #Collaboration #LeadershipCapabilities #Self-efficacy
Partners & Clients
These are selected partners and clients whose employees were already part of our initiative.
“Life-changing” – Aanchal Wadhwani, Lufthansa AG
The Benefits
Impact Week’s Design Thinking training is unlike any other. Prepare for a new experience that replaces boring traditional lectures with engaging hands-on training, filled with experimenting, and learning by doing. Design Thinking with Impact Week is lived diversity, collaboration, and fun with peers from all over the globe!
Learn Design Thinking
Dive deep in a gloabally renowned method for human-centered innovation in a hands-on and engaging training
Gain Coaching Experience
You will directly apply what you learned by guiding a group of students/ youth through a Design Thinking challenge
Immerse yourself in another culture
You will learn together with locals on eye-level. There is no better way to learn from and with one another!
Connect with a powerful, multicultural team of like-minded people
You will be on your Design Thinking journey with other Junior and Senior Coaches from across the globe
Get certified in Design Thinking and advance your career
Upon completion you will be able to facilitate your own workshops and be a certified Junior Design Thinking Coach
Contribute to a better world
By coaching a team of local participants, you will support the development of ideas solving real challenges of the community.
The Training Content
- Understand the holistic approach of Design Thinking and become familiar with the six phases of Design Thinking (learn more about “How We Work”)
- Develop a strategic innovation toolbox, as well as understand when and how to employ Design Thinking and innovative probelm-solving tools and activities
- Evaluate group dynamics and improve team performance using tools and methods designed to promote cooperation and development iteration
- Guide teams to unlock their creativity and enable out-of-the box thinking
- Conduct workshops in an intercultural environment and navigate diverse teams
The Program's Structure
Phase 1: Train-the-Coach (3 days)
Learn and practice Design Thinking extensively so you know all about how and when to use it!
It is all about making you familiar with the approach and giving you the tools to become a confident Design Thinking coach under the guided mentorship of diverse Design Thinking Experts.
Phase 2: Impact Week Challenge (4 days)
Put in practice what you’ve learned, gain instant experience as a coach and support local development.
With your newly acquired skills, you will coach local students and young entrepreneurs with another Junior Coach to develop new business ideas or solving pressing local problems using Design Thinking. If you need help, an experienced Senior Coach is always on your side.
The Design Thinking Trainers ("Senior Coaches")
The Junior Coaches will receive the training from a team of Design Thinking practitioners with multiple years of teaching and facilitation expertise who will guide discussions, foster peer connection, and provide feedback on their assignments.
Our Senior Coaches come from various backgrounds and apply Design Thinking in different cultural and business contexts. Our network of Coaches includes well renowned freelance Design Thinking Coaches while others are Design Thinkers and Facilitators within their respective company. For each Impact Week we put together a well-rounded, diverse team with different strengths and levels of experience.
The Selection Process
Step 1: Get your leadership approval for your participation and make sure that you will be available for the entirety of the training period.
Step 2: Apply for the Impact Week you are interested in through our website “Upcoming Impact Weeks”
Step 3: You will be invited to a brief interview
Step 4: Once you received a positive feedback from us, then the preparation begins. Join our kick-off call to prepare and meet your fellow Junior Coaches.
The Requirements
- Motivation to use your skills for good
- Interest in learning Design Thinking (no prior knowledge in Design Thinking is necessary)
- Openness to share know-how and experience within your own organization and beyond
- Open-mindedness and curiosity
- Respect for and interest in other cultures
- Your English level should be business fluent
This sound’s like you?
“My favorite part of Impact Week was getting to share my new-learned skills with the students. Being able to coach young beautiful minds and learning from them simultaneously was an experience I’ll cherish forever.
My journey through the course has helped me explore parts of me that were still unexplored.”
“Placing the needs and desires of our customers at the forefront is the golden key to organizational success, and Impact Week unlocked that treasure for me.”
“The connections we made and the insights we gained have created a ripple effect in our lives, inspiring us to continue making a positive impact in the world.”
“I learned so many new things about the culutre and history of Meghalaya as well as India. A deep comprehension I would have never learned by just travelling through the country as a tourist.”