Design thinking: guides from On-Off Group
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Design thinking is a way of working that starts with customers, tests ideas early and keeps the team out of long arguments about opinion. Banks and insurers use it to get products and internal processes moving. These pages cover the methods, what a workshop looks like, and what happens after the sticky notes come down.
The basics
- What is design thinking and what a team does in the room
Asked to run it, has never seen it done.
How to do it
- How to run a design thinking workshop for people who have never done one
Has to facilitate next month with no experience.
For your kind of team
- Design thinking training for cross-functional bank teams
Wants proof it works outside design departments.
Choosing between options
- Design thinking for teams or for leaders: which course to book
Two courses on the site, needs the right one.
What it costs and how long it takes
- Design thinking training: cost, length and group size
Budget approval needs numbers.
Alternatives to what you do today
- Instead of a motivational innovation talk, run a workshop on a live problem
Last speaker changed nothing.
On-Off Group trains teams, tests products with real customers, finds where a transformation has stalled and builds what gets it moving, for banks, insurers and enterprises in the Philippines, since 2015. How we help with design thinking.

