Design Thinking for Teams Training

Beginner-friendly, hands-on 4 × 4-hour course to master the full design thinking process and earn a certificate.

Summary

Design Thinking for Teams is a beginner-friendly, hands-on design thinking training course delivered across 4 × 4-hour sessions. You’ll experience the complete, human-centered process—from empathizing with users to prototyping and testing—through practical activities you can apply immediately at work. By the end, your team will have a repeatable innovation toolkit and a Design Thinking for Teams Certificate.

Why Join This Program?

  • Practical experience: Learn by doing with step-by-step exercises, not theory-only lectures.
  • Team collaboration: Use shared frameworks to align cross-functional teams quickly.
  • User focus: Build empathy and gather insights to design solutions people actually need.
  • Innovation skills: Take home a repeatable process for projects, products, and services.

What you'll learn

  • Introduction to design thinking: principles and mindset
  • Empathy: interviewing users and uncovering insights
  • Defining problems: reframing into powerful “How Might We” questions
  • Ideation: brainstorming, clustering, and prioritizing ideas
  • Prototyping: creating low-fidelity models to bring ideas to life
  • Testing: gathering user feedback and iterating quickly
  • Applying design thinking back in your work context

What you get

Training & Practice
  • 4 × 4-hour practical sessions
  • End-to-end design thinking process
  • Hands-on team exercises
  • Project-based application
Team Resources
  • Design Thinking Team Workbook
  • User Interview Guide & Templates
  • Journey Mapping & Ideation Tools
  • Prototype & Testing Playbook
Assessment
  • Pre & Post self-assessments
  • Group project presentations
  • Facilitator feedback on outputs
  • Design Thinking for Teams Certificate

Program Essentials

Who Is It For
  • Teams new to design thinking
  • Cross-functional groups solving challenges
  • Professionals seeking innovation skills
Learning Modes
  • Workshops (virtual or in-person)
  • Team-based group work
  • Industry-neutral tools and templates
Schedule
  • Monthly public class or private cohort
  • 4 × 4-hour sessions
  • Flexible scheduling for teams

Ongoing Community & Coaching

Expert Coaching

Monthly coaching sessions with facilitators to help teams sustain design thinking practices on real projects.

Peer Networking

Engage with peers from other organizations to share stories, successes, and lessons learned.

Feedback & Tips

Receive feedback on exercises and access ongoing tips and templates to reinforce learning.

Testimonials from Across Our Programs

Hear how professionals and teams have benefited from On-Off Group’s training in UX, Design Thinking, and beyond.

"I like it most when Anj, our facilitator, shares anecdotes from her own personal experience in applying the concepts. Taking the course on a face to face set up was also helpful because it enabled candid interactions between participants and the facilitator which I think reinforced the learning. I will recommend On-Off Group. It gives better value for our investment as compared to other UX certification courses that I’ve come across with. They are also easy to deal with and are reasonably accommodating when it comes to our special requirements."

Ethel Joy Salazar

Customer Experience Head,

Insular Life

"I recommend taking On-Off Group’s UXC program to any professional who wants to jumpstart their UX journey. They prepared our course materials ahead of time and I really enjoyed the platforms they introduced to make our remote learning more engaging and fun."

Jerik Gonzales,

Research and Creative Services Manager,

Manila Water

"UX is definitely about well-placed and well-planned thoughtfulness on the ways we exchange information. Diving more deeply into UX and being introduced to its established "science", thus having more well-defined concepts, terms, and practices, gives me an avenue for easy learning, application, and sharing what I've learned. For an online class it really went well. I was expecting interactions will be less due to the setting but it still felt satisfying in the end."

Brian Ramos,

IT Manager,

Edukasyon.ph

"I really like the real-world examples of the different concepts. This allowed me to fully understand and imagine the concepts beyond textbook information. As someone who deals with content strategy, I think a key takeaway for me was not thinking immediately about solutions/end products but more about really figuring my persona and exploring design ideas."

Abigal Pichel,

PR and Engagemnt Lead,

Trend Micro

"UX design is a collaborative and continuous process that should be baked into the development of any service, system, or product. I learned a lot during this workshop. Ms. Anj provided very clear and thorough explanation of the lessons."

Victoria Vizcarra

"On-Off Group’s facilitator made it easier for me to understand various techniques to support our customers and enhance our app’s UI and UX from start to end. The examples and activities were also more relatable compared to other trainers’ and workshops. Facilitator allowed us to use our native language during discussion and made us more comfortable. The way the lessons were presented catches our attention and makes us more attentive compared to other trainers."

Melecio Duran Jr,

Business Analyst,

Insular Life

Cyrel Labrador

"The 3-day training was memorable and engaging because of the real-life topics and hands-on exercises. I’m excited to explore the world of human-centered design now that I am UX certified. Thanks On-Off Group for offering this program!"

- Cyrel Labrador, Marketing Intelligence Associate, Meralco