By Ben Chong

On July 14, we had one of our best experiences in Positive X’s One-Day Design Thinking Workshops. With intense activities and rapid design challenges, we graduated 21 fully-fledged Design Thinkers!

The July cohort has been our largest group so far in all our workshops. Our coaches saw individuals from all backgrounds transform into powerful innovators as they learned the process of Design Thinking.

Here are some of our favourite moments:

Lots of discussions.

Discussions on how to move forward.

In our sharing session, Design Thinkers talk about what grabbed their attention the most.

More interviews!

Team 3 gathers together to go over their prototype, a moving roof!

Our Playbooks help Design Thinkers keep track of what they’re doing, and is full of useful info.

Very good.

Team 3!

Writing down ideas for the board.

Design Thinkers have their attentions grabbed and their curiosities piqued.

Prototyping is a team project,

Insights are shared.

Post-its: A subtle symbol of Design Thinking.

The audience is enraptured.

Presenting a pitch!

Team 2 goes over their ideas on the board.

Team 3 gets to work!

Coach Jon sharing a happy moment with Team 2.

More questions!

Caught in the act of a criminal amount of ideas.

Public interviews at Publika as we engage in the Empathise step.

Ideas overflow in the team as they get into the zone.

Feel it.

Enthusiasm gets us all going!

I wonder what they’re looking at?

Team 1 gathers together to discuss what they learned.

Design Thinkers warm up to each other over the course of a day, and become friends just as quickly!

Interviews can be difficult but enjoyable!

Coach Marcus sharing his insights and experience in Design Thinking.

Talking over some game plans before interviewing users.

Coach Jon giving a demonstration of Journey Maps.

Whether sitting or standing, ideation occurs wherever suits you.

Team 2 gathers at to sort through all their information on the board.

Questions!

Team 1!

A nugget of insight.

Our July Cohort was the largest group to have ever graduated together. Congratulations!

Team 2 having a group meeting.

Team 2!

The teams cross-examine each other as they test out their prototypes.

Want to know more about Design Thinking in Malaysia? Positive X is a people development firm that equips talents with design, innovation, and entrepreneurial thinking and skills. You can know more about us at http://www.positivex.asia.

This article was written by Ben Chong, our resident Design Thinking enthusiast and creative.

Edited by Ben Chong.