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Managing VUCA with Design Thinking: Unleash! e-Forum and e-Summer School

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Managing VUCA with Design Thinking: Unleash! e-Forum and e-Summer School (30-31 July)
 
The COVID-19 pandemic is a stark manifestation of a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous world. Join the Unleash! e-Forum on 30-31 July to learn how design thinking could help organisations develop the agility, resilience and the creative process to tackle the ‘new normal’ brought about by the pandemic. Admission is free.
 
Design Thinking is a creative and structured approach to integrate the needs of stakeholders, the possibilities of technology and the economic viability in tackling organisation challenges. The Forum is an annual anchor event of the Unleash! Programme organised by the Hong Kong Design Centre to advocate the application of design thinking as a creative problem solving approach.
 
This year the forum will be conducted online with two half-day events. Local and international experts and practitioners will share how design thinking can address the intractable challenges of societies and businesses, engage people and facilitate the digital transformation process. Here is the programme outline.
 
Design Thinking and Society
(30 July PM) Design Thinking and Business
(31 July AM)
Keynote:
Paul Bennett
Chief Creative Officer & Partner, IDEO
 
Rethinking Medical & Health Care Services
 
Dr Fan Ning, Health in Action
Alex Ng, Tencent Health Care
Roel van der Heijde, Health Care Consultant
Doretta Lo, Adventist Hospital
 
Co-creating Innovation
 
Patti Hunt, Design Thinking Hong Kong
Julie Hjort, Danish Design Centre
Debbie Ng, ThinkPlace Singapore
Kevin Yang, 5% Design Action Keynote:
Chris Pacione
CEO, LUMA Institute
 
The Digital Transformation Imperative
 
Elaine Ann, Interaction Design Association HK
Iñaki Amate, EY
Gary Liu, SCMP
Nico Guiridlian, PayMe, HSBC
 
Building a Human-centric and Innovative Workforce
 
Stephen Wong, Design Thinking in Action - Asia
Miko Cheung, LAWSGROUP
Teddy Liu, New World Development Ltd
Lena Low, CLP Power Hong Kong
 
Admission is free on a first-come-first-served basis. Sign up quickly to avoid disappointment: https://bit.ly/3g5MiYC

In addition to the e-Forum, you can also enrol for the Unleash! e-Summer School to learn more about the tools and processes of design thinking. A free taster workshop is available on 9 June.  Register by 4 June via https://bit.ly/3dAnndO.  You can apply the code SODT to get the 20% discount if you would like to attend other modules of the e-Summer School.