Storytelling to Deepen Understanding
and Create Impact
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The Key to Great Design is Building Empathy
Teams build this empathy most effectively when they dig into the stories of the people for whom they are designing, and elicit the richness of their experiences. Learn to utilize storytelling as an effective way to create more impact in your organization by producing more powerful and persuasive messages.
BENEFITS
- Learn the key opportunities and methods for building more empathy (within external customers or internal constituents) to drive the innovation design process
- Learn to build the expertise, tools, and methodologies needed to help your customers and constituents share their stories in ways that create a strong understanding of your design challenges
- Gain an understanding of the deeper motivations of your customers
- Build a practice of creating narratives and stories to communicate richer and more powerful messages
Enrollment Options
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Group and Custom Enrollment
Enroll as a team, or customize this program for your organization.
UPCOMING SESSIONS
There are no sessions scheduled at this time. For more information about the next class date, please contact us at execed@mccombs.utexas.edu or 512-471-5893.
Who Should Attend?
This course is appropriate for a variety of professionals across verticals. Whether you work for a global corporation or a small business, we can help.
Design thinking is just as powerful for solving internal business challenges as it is for designing products and services for customers. Participants typically are:
- Executives looking to accelerate innovation within their organization
- Directors and managers who want to help their teams be more productive
- Entrepreneurs who want to tackle complex customer problems
- Teams that need to work together more effectively to solve challenging problems
Design thinking has generated high-profile successes in technology and consumer products, but its value has also been proven across industries and functional areas. Regardless of your industry, design thinking can help your teams be more innovative and productive.
There are no prerequisites for this course.
Instructor
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Stephen Walls
Stephen Walls is a Senior Lecturer in the Marketing Department at The University of Texas at Austin. He teaches courses on Marketing Principles, Brand Management, Digital/Social/Mobile Marketing, and Design Thinking within the BBA and MBA programs, along with the Masters in Engineering Management program. He has received a number of teaching awards since joining the McCombs faculty in 2002.
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Reimbursement Options
Learn more about course credits and options for course reimbursement. Get tips on the best way to approach your manager and download a customizable template to facilitate making the ask.
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Course Location
In person courses take place at the AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center and adjoining Rowling Hall on the UT campus in Austin. These world-class facilities provide a comfortable and convenient learning environment, with direct access to the 40 acres of campus and within walking distance of downtown Austin. Live online and on-demand course options are available for many courses.
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Resources
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Two Thinking Caps: Divergent and Convergent Thought
Use divergent and convergent thought techniques with your team to find optimal solutions to problems. -
5 Ways to Jumpstart Your Innovation Engine
Despite valiant attempts, organizations still struggle to create a robust engine of innovation due to a number of systemic points of failure.