Design Thinking Training for Product Teams

Design thinking is a human-centered way to solve problems. The model popularized by the Stanford d.school moves through five stages: empathize, define, ideate, prototype and test. It helps teams understand users and test ideas before investing in them.

Teams that design, build or sell products and services. Designers, product leaders and front-end developers are a strong fit, and marketers, engineers and business leaders also benefit. No prerequisites are needed. Anyone who wants to build better products and services for customers is welcome.

A typical design thinking session organized with Ritors runs up to 2 days of intensive, all-day training. The Design Thinking Workshop runs 2 full days of 7 hours at your office, or four 3-hour sessions in a public classroom. We fit the schedule around your delivery commitments.

Book the program if you want design thinking shaped around one real problem from your business, on a schedule we agree with your team. Book the Design Thinking Workshop if you want the full, fixed syllabus, from research and business goals to go-to-market and roadmaps, in a set format: 2 full days at your office or four 3-hour public classroom sessions, for up to 50 participants. Not sure? Tell us your goals through our contact page and we will recommend one.

Yes. Corporate training runs at your office or in your preferred city, and we build the exercises on a real problem from your business. Contact us with your team size, roles and goals, and we will send a proposal priced for your number of seats.

Yes. Participants who complete a program receive a certificate of completion issued by Cyberdunes and Ritors Product Nexus. It also gives everyone on the team a shared vocabulary and a common baseline for future projects.

We do not publish fees. Fees are customized for your team based on the number of seats. Public-session fees are listed on our registration partner's page when sessions are announced, or you can ask us through our contact page.

Each design thinking session mixes explanation, real-world examples and hands-on practice, tailored to your company and attendees. Your team brings a real problem, learns each stage of the method, researches and ideates in groups with critiques from the trainer, then prototypes and tests an idea. Participants leave with a few chosen tools to keep applying the approach.

Public design thinking classes are held in Mumbai, Delhi NCR, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chennai, Kolkata and Pune, with a trainer and training material provided. Public-session timings and fees are announced on the registration partner's page. Private corporate training can also run at your office or in your preferred city.

The design thinking trainers are practitioners who teach from real delivery work. They bring experience from brands such as EY, HostGator, Bluehost, Airtel and NASDAQ. Each session is tailored to the company and its attendees, so examples fit the problems your team actually faces.

The training links ideas to company goals and OKRs (objectives and key results), so the work moves the business forward rather than staying a creative exercise. In the define stage, teams turn research into a clear problem statement and a How Might We question tied to business goals. Ideas are then chosen against clear criteria.

Yes, design thinking pairs well with the UX and UI Fundamentals program, which adds 3 classroom sessions on interface and experience design. Design thinking helps teams find the right problem, while UX and UI training builds the skills to design the solution. Teams applying it to a live product can also work with Cyberdunes UX and UI consultants.