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:

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

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

Lots of discussions.

Enthusiasm gets us all going!

Team 3!

Questions!

Team 2 goes over their ideas on the board.

Team 1 gathers together to discuss what they learned.

Coach Marcus sharing his insights and experience in Design Thinking.

The audience is enraptured.

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

Whether sitting or standing, ideation occurs wherever suits you.

More questions!

Coach Jon sharing a happy moment with Team 2.

Team 1!

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

Feel it.

Caught in the act of a criminal amount of ideas.

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

I wonder what they’re looking at?

Presenting a pitch!

Prototyping is a team project,

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

Talking over some game plans before interviewing users.

Coach Jon giving a demonstration of Journey Maps.

Team 2!

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

Post-its: A subtle symbol of Design Thinking.

Team 2 having a group meeting.

Interviews can be difficult but enjoyable!

Team 3 gets to work!

Very good.

More interviews!

A nugget of insight.

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

Insights are shared.

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

Discussions on how to move forward.

Design Thinkers have their attentions grabbed and their curiosities piqued.

Writing down ideas for the board.

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.