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Free short course

Introduction to Design Thinking for Product Managers

Get to know what drives your customers by using Design Thinking practices to truly focus on their problems, needs, and wants. Start your product development with a creative thinking framework that will help you deliver exceptional products to the people you serve.

Learn how to:

Unlock creative solutions to propel your Product Management practice forward


Address real Product Management challenges by working through the ‘inspiration’, ‘ideation’ and ‘validation’ stages


Conduct and make sense of research to identify opportunities to enhance your Product


Turn ideas into actionable insight statements


Select ideas to carry forward based on desirability, validity and feasibility 

Why join this course?

Upskill for free. Absolutely free with cohorts starting regularly.

Bring your team along for the experience. Choose to learn in a project team or undertake the course individually. It’s up to you.

Improve your Product Management practice. Bring Design Thinking into your Product Management practice with proven processes for designing breakthrough ideas.

Network and tap into diverse Product perspectives. Observe how other Product professionals from different backgrounds operate.

Why Academy Xi for Organisations?

Immediate results

Bring a project drawn directly from your business into our programs so that your people push priority projects forward within the context of learning.

In-demand digital skills

Embed modern product skills into your workforce that truly translate to digital transformation and broader business success.

Strong talent pipelines

Fortify your product talent pipelines with uplift programs to ensure deep talent pools and that your digital transformation projects remain on track.

World-class learning experience

We create a vibrant learning culture including access to an ecosystem of industry expert facilitators and learning designers.

Lasting skills uplift

Bring about real behaviour change with hands-on learning that goes beyond standard content libraries.

Industry recognised certification

All paid participants will receive an industry-recognised certification and digital badge to showcase their new capabilities.

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