“Sustain Nagoya” is a project of the City of Nagoya to promote “sustainable management”, which aims for environmental, social, and economic sustainability in order to achieve medium-to long-term growth for SMEs.
In this workshop, participants will deepen their understanding of the importance of Design Thinking and learn how to visualize problems faced by individual companies using Design Thinking. The participants will then experience a series of Design Thinking flow processes that form the basis of Design Driven Management through practical work based on the theme.
*The theme of the group work is planned to be an issue that companies actually faces. Please let us know the issue that you want to solve when you apply.

■Program
1. Lecture “Bring out Design for Creating the Future from the Issues”
Lecturer: Shin Okada (Professor, Daido University)
・・・・・Nobuyuki Inaba (President, R.W. Inc.)
・・・・・Yosuke Yokochi (Designer, Yokochi Design Studio)
2. Workshop

Target: SMEs with offices in Nagoya City
Capacity: 8 companies
*Selection is made based on the applicant’s submitted documents.
*The number of participants per company may be adjusted in case of beyond-capacity.
*Whether or not, the possibility of participation will be notified by email to all applicants.
Registration Deadline: July 19, 2024
Communication: Japanese; Interpretation not provided