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Design Leadership Program 8 Germany

Location: T.b.d./ Online

Date:
13 June 2023

Duration: 40 Weeks

Workload: Average of 4 hours per week

Price: €8.250,00

VDID boosts German industrial design and business results to communicate the importance of design in all industries. For the past 7 years, VDID and Grow have been working strongly together to make training in design management for design professionals possible in Germany. With some great success, we launched the first program end of 2015. Now it is time for the eigth program to lift off in June 2023.

Why?

Companies want stronger design managers that can lead design & designers in a direction that is good for business. In this program you will receive tools and methods to boost the value of design, with directly noticeable outcomes. This way you can create opportunities for designers, the design department and the whole company.

What?

Design Leadership programs are designed for the busy design professional. That’s why a few things are important: Learning while working, an intensive interaction between student & tutor, fresh content straight from reality, low on theory high on practice, directly improvement of daily work and fun! Or let’s say ‘intrinsic motivation’. You will learn:

  • Speaking the vocabulary of Design Management
  • Relating design to business
  • Clarifying the fuzzy world of design
  • Delivering design results efficiently
  • Communicating impactfully with designers, peers and management
Modules
  • Design Briefing
  • Design Leadership
  • Design Management
  • Design Process
  • Design Quality
  • Design Strategy
  • Design Teams
  • Design Value
  • Design in CX
  • Design in Storytelling

Structure
The program consists of 4 phases of 2,5 months. It starts with a face-to-face education meeting, teaching several modules. After this meeting, you will be working on an individual and/or team assignment at home. Halfway you will have an online coaching meeting with the tutor about your progress. It ends with a face-to-face evaluation meeting where you will present your work on the assignment to the group. Download the dates overview for the dates of this program.

Who?
This program is for professionals who are looking for ways to take the next step in their career and become the design leader their company needs. A Design Leadership Program is set-up for 8-15 professionals that work with design on a daily basis, coming from design or functions that work with design on an intensive basis. We strive for a good mix between companies, industries and design disciplines. Are you ready to meet your new professional friends?

Tutor(s)

Frans Joziasse