Welcome to the Design Thinking Program at Tombolo Institute at Bellevue College
in partnership with Zschool

Today’s competitive and dynamic landscape requires individuals and firms to re-imagine their business strategy and approach to innovation. Solving complex problems often requires multi-disciplinary teams to work collaboratively, combining both creative and analytical approaches. Design Thinking employs methods and mindsets that promote a human-centered approach to innovation. This process concentrates on understanding human behavior to generate deep insights, articulate needs design and prototype solutions, then validate their application.
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The Design Thinking Program focuses on innovative thinking as a means of designing products and services that meet real human needs. ​You will learn new ways to manage complexity and create sustainable products benefiting both internal and external stakeholders. Throughout the program, you will be guided by professional designers and educators who are experts in their field. Our format is designed to train and develop your ideation and synthesis skills and give you insights to help you move innovation initiatives forward within your organization.

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Design Thinking Certificate Program

Online, Self-paced Learning

 8 Modules Online ($4,995) 
 Rolling Admission - Start Anytime

• Design Thinking Portfolio & all course materials
• Group discussions​
• Hands-on projects​​

​Why Design Thinking?

Design Thinking employs a set of methods and mindsets that promote a human-centered approach to innovation. It is a strategy for creating a differentiated, competitive advantage that leads to the solution of problems for customers, employees, and value-added stakeholders. 
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​The Curriculum

The Design Thinking Program at the Tombolo Institute at Bellevue is offered as a hands-on, 8-module online program. Learn to apply principles that drive innovation and use techniques developed by top firms as our faculty experts guide you through every step. 
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What others are saying...

Meryl Gottlieb | Senior Partner Manager
 "My favorite module from the program was the one focused on ideation and the design thinking process because I was able to walk away with immediate tangible ways to make those much maligned brainstorming processes more productive and effective" .
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Pete Alexander | President, Office Plants by Everything Grows​​

​During the Design Thinking program, Pete learned about storyboarding and immediately implemented the practice to outline his company's customer journey.

Melanie Hering | Independent Agent Channel Operations, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company 

Change is constant, but with the tools and knowledge gained from this Design Thinking course, you'll be able to nimbly shift strategies. It also helps that the self-paced course is flexible enough to satisfy a busy schedule.

Quotes from our experience surveys

As someone who is in Training and Development, I had a lot of take aways I could bring back and apply to the places I serve our employees. I'm looking forward to presenting to my company what I learned and how we can benefit from implementing Design Thinking across the organization. 
-Mariko H. 

My favorite part of the program were the interactive assignments (interviews, prototyping, testing, etc.). I also really enjoyed the written responses back to the forum, allowing us to share insights and experiences.
​-Michael W. 

Participating in this program remotely made it possible for me to integrate with my busy schedule and remote location.
-Pamela B.

​Just a few of our valued customers...

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