Design Thinking: Developing Innovative Solutions - June 2026

Enhance your creative thinking and problem-solving skills with our two-day Design Thinking course

Professional Academy for Creative Enterprise (PACE) onsite courses offer a range of in-person teaching and learning experiences at our University of Leeds campus.

Whether tackling business challenges or improving customer experiences, this hands-on program provides a structured approach to developing innovative solutions. Learn to identify problems, generate impactful solutions, and refine them for real-world success. Through interactive exercises, gain practical tools to tackle challenges confidently.

What Will You Learn?

• The five key stages of design thinking and understand design thinking methodologies.
• Explore how these methodologies can be applied across industry sectors to create innovative, user-focused solutions.
• Gain insights into the human-centred design approach and learn how to incorporate empathy, user research, and customer insights into your problem-solving process.
• Problem-solving skills and techniques to tackle complex challenges effectively.
• Explore the human-centred design approach and learn how to incorporate empathy, user research, and customer insights into your problem-solving process.
• How to define problems, ensuring a clear understanding of user needs and challenges before developing potential solutions.
• Visualise, prototype, and evaluate solutions, applying critical analysis to refine your ideas and ensure they are practical, scalable, and impactful.

Led by Dr. Pinar Yelmi, Lecturer in Digital and Interactive Design and Specialism Lead: Digital Design and Communications.

Find out more about the course and enrol here.