Design Thinking Facilitation
Design Thinking Facilitation
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As a University Innovation Fellow I traveled to Stanford University to train directly under professors from the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design, Stanford's d.school. That experience gave me a deep foundation in design thinking methodology and came with a clear challenge: go back to your campus and make a lasting impact.
I took that seriously. Back at Rowan I partnered with another fellow to build a design thinking program from the ground up, starting with a workshop on mental health in higher education and growing into a full senior engineering clinic project. We recruited and led a team of eight students, built a virtual learning platform, and delivered workshops across engineering, business, and fine arts disciplines with the goal of making the program self-sustainable after we graduated.
The groundwork held. The project has continued and evolved since graduation, with student and professor led initiatives carrying the methodology forward on campus.
Beyond Rowan I have since facilitated design thinking sessions with corporate groups and startup teams, giving them a practical framework for approaching the challenges they face in their businesses. There is something particularly satisfying about watching a team shift the way they think about a problem in real time.
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