Designing your professional life: an introduction to the Stanford design approach

(Der Workshop kann auch in deutscher Sprache angeboten werden)

“Designing Your Life” – the most popular class at Stanford University. Created by Prof. Bill Burnett and Prof. Dave Evans to address the fundamental questions they hear in their office hours. They have taught the course for more than nine years to undergraduate, Masters students and doctoral candidates respectively. Now they opened up the curriculum to everyone. The workshop…

•  addresses the “wicked problems” of your life and especially your career
• offers a framework, tools, ideas – an introduction to design thinking
•  uses readings, reflections and exercises
• helps creating five-year “Odyssey Plans” focusing on taking action

Qualification objective

Design thinking helps doctoral candidates from any discipline develop a constructive and effective approach to finding and actively designing their vocation after completing their doctorate.