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CREATIVE LEADERSHIP
Designing in Teams: Managing the process for internal and external stakeholders.
Design is not linear work, and requires a diverse team. In Creative Leadership, you'll learn to plan, facilitate, guide, and manage projects that give shape to the ambiguous. You will learn the basics of how to manage and advance the design process with non-design team members and stakeholders. This class will help you anticipate and plan for the unique challenges of the design process, whether as an independent consultant or part of an in-house design team.
Who should take this course?
Early to Mid-Level Researchers
Grow your ability to turn synthesized data into compelling narratives that speak to broader audiences and more effectively drive change on teams.
Product
Designers
Develop a deeper understanding of user needs and behaviors, create more informed and innovative design solutions, and communicate their insights compellingly to stakeholders
Product
Managers
Enhance your capacity to understand user needs, guide the development of user-centered products, communicate effectively with design and development teams
Course Summary
Learn how to conduct qualitative research, synthesize data, and uncover insights to inform impactful design decisions.
Key Details
Format: Live instruction from AC4D faculty, including office hours
Schedule: Mondays & Wednesdays, 7-9 PM CST
Duration: 10 weeks
Tuition: $4,000 $2,550
Location: Remote
Upcoming Courses
📆 November 10, 2025
📌 Enrollments close approximately two weeks before each course begins.
This course will enable you to:
Get comfortable with design mindset and methodology by making artifacts
Practice facilitating engaging workshops
Demonstrate ability to make decisions about when to involve clients in collaborative work
Develop skills in telling interactive stories through collaborative work
Use artifacts & collaborative work to solicit feedback from stakeholders
Practice presenting and design thinking leadership
Curriculum
Week 1: Telling Your Own Story
Week 2: Intro to Structuring Workshops
Week 3: Giving and Receiving Feedback
Week 4: Stakeholders
Week 5: Working with Other Roles
Week 6: Presence and Presentation
Week 7: Kickoffs
Week 8: Aligning to a Vision
Week 9: Facilitated Ideation
Week 10: Presentations, Reflection & Celebration
