Design Thinking Starts With Me
19 June 2026
18 June 2028
Course Overview
Design thinking is a useful tool that can help participants to innovate and problem solve, understanding the underlying customer’s needs and behaviors and then ultimately building quality customer relationships which leads to a sustainable source of revenue growth.
Design Thinking Starts With Me uses different prototyping methods such a sketching, or physical props to help stakeholders visualise the solution and to get buy in to the idea or solution. Previously, ideas and solutions are only verbalised or presented in written proposal and reports.
Skills Acquired
- Articulate the concept and importance of design thinking
- Explain the 5 stages of the design thinking process
- Apply design thinking methodologies to define a problem statement and generate ideas for a given problem statement
- Identify 2 different methods of applying design thinking in own organisation and apply the decision metrics to determine feasibility of design ideas and solutions
- Promote design thinking in own organisation and articulate the importance and purpose of prototyping in the design thinking process
Learning Modules
Learning Unit 1: Me? A Design Thinker?
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Understand the key concepts of design thinking
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Explain the 5 stages of Design Thinking: Empathize, Define, Ideate, Prototype, Test
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Learn how to empathize and define the problem statement
Learning Unit 2: Identify pain points and prototyping
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Practise SCAMPER, Creative Matrix, and Analogy Concepts to brainstorm ideas
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Use sketches and physical props to showcase prototypes
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Continue to test and reiterate prototypes
Learning Unit 3: Use Design Thinking Concepts in your daily work
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Apply Design Thinking mindset to work problems
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Look at problems and issues from the customer’s perspective
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Change the way problems are solved in daily operations
Who is this course for
Academic prerequisites
- Learners must be able to read, write, speak and listen to English at secondary school level
- Learners to have minimum GCE ‘O’ level or ITE certificate education
- Learner should have at least 1 year’s working experience in any industry
Course Fees
| Fees | Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) | Non Small Medium Enterprises | Singaporean Employees aged 40 years and above |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full Fee | $600.00 | $600.00 | $600.00 |
| 9% GST (on full course fee) | $54.00 | $54.00 | $54.00 |
| Funding Amount | $420.00 (70% off course fee) | $300.00 (50% off course fee) | $420.00 (70% off course fee) |
| Nett Fee Payable (incl. GST) | $234.00 | $354.00 | $234.00 |
- SME: Company registered or incorporated in Singapore AND employment size of not more than 200 or with annual sales turnover of not more than $100 million
- Non-SME (MCES): Employee is Singaporean aged 40 years and above
- Eligible for Absentee Payroll Funding
- Eligible for SkillsFuture Enterprise Credit (SFEC)
| Fees | Singapore Citizens (40 years and above) | Singapore Citizens (21 to 39 years old) & Permanent Residents (21 years old and above) |
|---|---|---|
| Full Fee | $600.00 | $600.00 |
| 9% GST (on full course fee) | $54.00 | $54.00 |
| Funding Amount | $420.00 (70% off course fee) | $300.00 (50% off course fee) |
| Nett Fee Payable (incl. GST) | $234.00 | $354.00 |
- MCES: Singaporean aged 40 years and above
- Normal: Singaporean / PR aged 21 years and above
- Eligible for SkillsFuture Credit
- Eligible for PSEA Funds
Design Thinking Starts With Me
Course Highlight
Course Duration
16 HRS
Training Time
9am-6pm
Mode of Training
Classroom
Course Reference Number
TGS-2026064537
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