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Upskill and boost your career with in-demand Design Thinking skills. You’ll learn how to develop a Design Thinking mindset, influence outcomes within your business, become a driver of change, and much more.
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Academy Xi students now have the option to subscribe to our entire range of Elevate courses across all our portfolios for a monthly fee. Use this as a way to gain a wider digital skillset and give yourself an advantage as you compete for roles in the ever-changing employment landscape.
Our graduates are now the driving force behind some of Australia’s most innovative brands
Launch your Design Thinking journey today, no matter what level of experience you have! Our beginner-friendly approach will help get you up to speed in no time.
With 6 months access, the speed at which you tackle online course content is up to you. Study at your own pace and fit learning into your busy lifestyle.
Our Elevate courses help you boost your career with sought-after Design Thinking skills. Unlock higher salaries and job growth potential.
Upskill in Design Thinking within 6 months. You’ll work through interactive online course content at your own pace, and have the support of an industry mentor when you need it.
Recommended: 6-8 hours per module
Thinking like a designer
Learn the fundamentals of Design Thinking, where it sits within the wider field of Human-Centred Design, and how you can apply it to drive innovation and solve business problems.
Recommended: 6-8 hours per module
Research
A more detailed look into using Design Thinking to research a complex problem, determine the scope of a project, plus a review of best practices for research.
Recommended: 6-8 hours per module
Synthesise
Explore how to use data to reframe complex problems and simplify them. Using various collection, mapping and analysis techniques, learn how to make sense of data in a business context.
Recommended: 6-8 hours per module
Make
A deep dive into creative brainstorming, including best practices for prioritising ideas and how to visually present them. Discover how to focus and refine ideas into a strong and cohesive value proposition.
Recommended: 6-8 hours per module
Test
Understand why testing is so important, and the different methodologies used. Learn how to communicate this value to the wider business and strategise the way forward. Bring home your conclusions with a retrospective summary of the project.
Recommended: 6-8 hours per module
Designing in teams
In your second challenge, learn how to build a Design Thinking team and run effective workshops. Explore the importance of psychological behavioural research and how to integrate it with economic concerns.
Recommended: 6-8 hours per module
Telling the story
The second challenge continues with an examination of test-and-learn methodologies for innovation. Learn how to present compelling business rationales using engaging narratives.
Recommended: 6-8 hours per module
The nature of problems
Practise your skills with a personal project solving a larger scale design and service problem. Review different thinking styles and decision-making tools to reframe complex problems.
Recommended: 6-8 hours per module
Design Thinking in organisations
Explore how to introduce and integrate Design Thinking day-to-day within companies, using growth mindset techniques, and developing a speak-up culture. Dissect what a design-led organisation looks like and the importance of customer ecosystems.
Recommended: 6-8 hours per module
Becoming a Design Thinking leader
Discover how Design Thinking can lead the conversation and influence outcomes within business, and how you can become the driver of that change. Harness the power of targeted metrics to drive innovation and help future-proof your organisation.
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All Elevate students have access to an industry mentor as they progress through their course. Your mentor is an expert in the field and can provide insider tips and guidance on-demand.
What you’ll learn is always current, and industry applicable, ensuring you stay ahead of the curve in a fast-changing industry.
Book up to twelve 1:1 mentor sessions to discuss course material, consult about project decisions and ask questions.
Practise real-world application of your learning with three Design Thinking challenges and bring your own meaningful problem to solve in your final project.
Access a monthly webinar program designed specifically for our self-paced learners. Learn critical digital skills from industry experts, grow your network, and get advice from graduates now working in the field.
Graduate with an industry-recognised digital credential and certificate to boost your employment prospects.
Get access to a comprehensive toolkit containing all the templates and tools needed to practise Design Thinking activities throughout your course and after you graduate.
We offer a range of flexible payment options so you can achieve your goals today, and pay at your own pace.
Choose weekly, fortnightly or monthly repayments over a repayment term of up to 6 months, with no deposit and 100% interest-free.
PAYMENTS
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Choose weekly, fortnightly or monthly repayments over a repayment term of up to 12 months, with no deposit and 100% interest-free
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PAYMENTS
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Our students come from different walks of life and have supercharged their careers, landing coveted jobs in the Design, Tech, and Marketing fields.
After working for years in Human Resources, Julie was looking for something new to study to reclaim her ‘professional mojo’. Little did Julie know at the time, but training in User Experience Design was going to lead to her leaving her profession and starting up her own successful enterprise.
A firm believer in the benefits of lifelong learning, Cilla decided to add a new dimension to her design process by upskilling with Academy Xi. Reads about how she decided to deepen her problem-solving skills by connecting with the customer and enrolling in the Service Design: Elevate course.
From expanding the services of an Australian charity, to getting hired as a Human-Centred Designer, Simon’s decision to upskill in Design Thinking has enabled him to make bold changes in his career.
Design thinking is about developing and applying design solutions that simplify a company’s problems and help projects move beyond their limitations. Instead of fixating on obstacles, a design thinker will prioritise tangible outcomes, using innovative design ideas and processes to create and implement strategic improvements.
Companies that excel with design innovation report nearly twice the stakeholder returns as industry peers, which means people who can think up and carry out design solutions are in high demand.
If you want to upskill, a Design Thinking course online can quickly get you to where you want to be. At Academy Xi, we offer intensive online programs that equip you with the full spectrum of theoretical and practical skills required in the workforce.
Don’t be fooled by the words – you don’t need to be a designer or involved in design-based industries to benefit from design thinking. It can be used to effectively problem-solve in a range of roles and projects.
We partner with Credly to deliver digital credentials for our graduates. Digital credentials are a graphical representation of your skills, combined with a description of the knowledge and activities it took to earn them.
Digital badges can be used in email signatures or digital resumes, and on social media sites such as LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.
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In this course you’ll experience flexible and self-paced learning, where students cover course content independently and browse material on our engaging learning platform. You’ll learn through a combination of:
readings pre-recorded videos 1:1 support sessions hands-on activities and practical project work Q&A via chat and discussion boardsWe offer three online course formats across design, tech and business that deliver a range of practical outcomes:
Transform courses teach job-ready skills and help you launch a new career Elevate courses expand your existing skill set and progress your career Foundations courses teach introductory skills and build a knowledge base…and any other concerns!
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