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Gain practical skills and a double-certificate from ESMT Berlin and HPI d-school

Do you want to drive continuous innovation for your organization while staying up to speed with constant change?

This interactive, hands-on workshop can show you the practical, tangible steps to making a lasting impact – while also granting you a double certificate from ESMT Berlin and HPI d-school.

A collaboration between ESMT Berlin and HPI d-school (Hasso Plattner Institute), Navigating Innovation in Times of Transformation teaches participants to employ change leadership strategies, while also equipping them with a core design thinking mindset that powers confident decision-making.

Participants explore practical ways to combine transformation, innovation, and leadership, helping them advance user-centered growth in fast-changing and uncertain environments. 

• Learn to develop innovative, customer-centric solutions through real-world leadership challenges, team-based prototyping, and user interviews.
• Gain practical experience applying design thinking along the full value chain – from empathy and ideation to testing, refining, and pitching.
• Discover change leadership strategies that can help build alliances, overcome organizational resistance, and create internal momentum for new initiatives.
• Understand how to foster a culture of innovation and effectively communicate change stories to stakeholders.
• Make more confident decisions during times of upheaval by strengthening your entrepreneurial toolkit.

Participants benefit from the unique expertise of both institutions: the HPI d-school brings deep knowledge in design thinking and innovation culture, while ESMT Berlin provides actionable insights on change management and organizational transformation. The program culminates in a double certificate from both ESMT Berlin and HPI d-school.