Design for Executives Workshop 2025: A Process for Innovation

Aloha!

This is an invitation to our workshop - Design Thinking: A Process for Innovation. This exclusive gathering, of no more than 20 people, is designed for executives and leaders to provide a one-day, immersive Design Thinking experience. Workshops are held on a Saturday to avoid the interruption of the work week. Since August 2015, more than 600 leaders have experienced what it means to "think outside the box", and many have gone back to their organizations to begin their organizational transformation.

Executives will take part in an immersive, real-world project to learn the human-centered, prototype-driven approach to innovation. The workshop is a dynamic mix of short instructional lectures, demonstrations, and guided hands-on teamwork. You will experience the Design Thinking mindsets and philosophy that we practice.

KEY BENEFITS

• Useful tools and methods that can be applied to various internal and external business challenges
• Pre- and post-workshop support to kick-off your design practice in your own organization
• Key understanding of how and when to apply Design Thinking methods
• Understanding of space and team building for innovation

 PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

This is a daylong workshop and some highlights of the program are listed below.

 FIELD RESEARCH PROJECT:

• Learn Design Thinking methods in a unique, highly experiential way
• Experience working on a relevant, real-world project
• Participants from diverse backgrounds

 FACILITATORS:

Our facilitators are practitioners of this methodology in their day-to-day responsibilities. They practice what they preach and have created this event to best provide the essentials of Design Thinking so the participants may utilize the methods immediately and continue their practice independently or with little support.

Ian Kitajima is the former Director of Corporate Development and "Technology Sherpa" emeritus for Oceanit – a "Mind to Market" lab of 160 scientists, engineers, technologists, and designers conducting advance research for government and private clients. He is the co‐founder/co-organizer of the annual Design Thinking Hawaii boot camps and is an evangelist for Design Thinking. He has facilitated workshops and boot camps for over 3000 participants from Federal, State, and City government agencies, for-profit and not-for-profit organizations, from military officers to elementary school children.

Dr. Keith Matsumoto is the former senior program/project manager for Oceanit – a "Mind to Market" lab of 160 scientists, engineers, technologists, and designers conducting advanced research for government and private clients. He is the co‐founder of Design Thinking Hawaii, and has organized boot camps on Design Thinking since 2010. His doctoral study was titled "Using Design Thinking for Organizational Development and Addressing Change." He has facilitated strategic planning sessions, workshops, and boot camps for Federal, State, and City government agencies, and not-for-profit organizations. He is the instructor for the Department of Education's Applied Design Thinking in the Classroom PDE3 credit course.

COST: Design Thinking workshop, including all materials, is by donation.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND THIS WORKSHOP:

Thinkers and Doers—open-minded, action-oriented leaders who want to implement and drive innovation in their organizations.

 Workshops are specifically designed for:

• Executives and managers who are responsible for tackling strategic challenges in their organizations
• Teams or individuals who want to learn design thinking and actively apply it at their company or their work
• Individuals who want to enhance collaboration and to roll out new products and services for their users
• Non-profits and NGOs who want to create social impact and meet their mission goals effectively
• Educators and teachers who want to engage and provide tools for innovation and build ‘creative confidence’ in their students

PROGRAM SCHEDULE

Saturday, the building will open at 8:00AM. The workshop will then start at 8:30AM. We'll have pastries and coffee ready!

NOTE: We will walk outside to Fort St. Mall to grab lunch. Please cover up if youʻre sensitive to the sun.

Location: In person at World Wide Technology's state-of-art office. Harbor Court, 55 Merchant Street. Suite 2810. Parking entrance is from Bethel Street. City parking on floors 5-7 is $3 all day. If you have any problems, call Ian's cell at 808-226-8805.

Participants dive into the Design Thinking process through a variety of teaching methodologies and exercises.