Hosted by the Faculty of Open Learning and Career Development
Do you want to discover how industry giants like Google, Netflix, and Airbnb consistently innovate and solve complex challenges? Are you eager to learn a powerful process that can transform your ideas into impactful solutions? If so, join us for a dynamic and engaging two-hour workshop, “Unleashing Innovation: Applying Design Thinking to Supercharge Your Ideas.”
In the first hour, we’ll delve into the importance of innovation and creative problem-solving in addressing wicked problems in a VUCA world (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguous). Participants will learn to cultivate an innovator’s mindset and apply Design Thinking principles to their challenges, gaining an overview of each Design Thinking element. The second hour features an interactive innovation sprint, where participants will engage in a paired activity that will guide them through the five elements of Design Thinking using a unique SPRINT process, used by innovative companies like Google, Netflix and Airbnb.
Time: 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
About the speaker
Terri Mosher is a certified adult educator and seasoned facilitator, with extensive experience in innovation and organizational development. Currently she is part of provincial government’s Outpost for Public Sector Innovation (OPIN), a multidisciplinary team dedicated to addressing complex and pressing problems through Systemic Design and Behavioural Insights.
Terri began her Public Service career at the PSC in engagement and innovation, and has recently specialized in teaching innovation methods across the public sector. In this current role, she focuses on supporting Systemic Design work, which involves a human-centred, system-minded approach to tackling challenges with low agreement on problem definitions, high unpredictability, and diverse partnerships. At OPIN, Terri collaborates across departments, mandates, and sectors to foster creative design and facilitation, build capacity in innovation mindsets and practices, and broker partnerships to facilitate cross-sectoral collaboration.
Outside of her work at OPIN, Terri is a part-time instructor at Dalhousie University, where she teaches Design Thinking, further contributing to the development of innovative mindsets in the next generation of leaders.