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:

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

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

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

Prototyping is a team project,

Team 3!

Team 2 goes over their ideas on the board.

Whether sitting or standing, ideation occurs wherever suits you.

Questions!

Team 1!

Insights are shared.

Post-its: A subtle symbol of Design Thinking.

Team 1 gathers together to discuss what they learned.

Interviews can be difficult but enjoyable!

Design Thinkers have their attentions grabbed and their curiosities piqued.

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

Coach Jon giving a demonstration of Journey Maps.

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

Team 2 having a group meeting.

Feel it.

Presenting a pitch!

Coach Marcus sharing his insights and experience in Design Thinking.

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

More questions!

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

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

Team 2!

Lots of discussions.

Coach Jon sharing a happy moment with Team 2.

Team 3 gets to work!

Writing down ideas for the board.

Discussions on how to move forward.

Very good.

Talking over some game plans before interviewing users.

More interviews!

I wonder what they’re looking at?

A nugget of insight.

Enthusiasm gets us all going!

Caught in the act of a criminal amount of ideas.

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

The audience is enraptured.

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.