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A one-day, hands-on design thinking experience.

The Everyday Designer: Framing Meaningful Problems

This 1-day programme equips participants with the confidence and capability to frame meaningful design challenges - for themselves and in partnership with organisations. In a world of urgent issues, complex systems, and collaborative projects, clear challenge definition is often what determines whether work creates real value or becomes misaligned. Participants learn structured ways to transform observations, research, and lived stories into focused, human-centred, and strategically aligned challenge statements.
Duration: 1 day
Location: Face-to-Face
Cost: 

At no cost

Spaces: Limited

Confidence in framing

Learn how to clearly articulate: “This is the challenge we are working on, and here is why.”

From messy reality to meaningful direction

Practise turning complex, layered issues into a scope that is clear, focused, and actionable

Turning data into direction

Work with insights from observations, case studies, research, and stakeholder stories - and shape them into a strong challenge statement.

What is The Everyday Designer: 
Framing Meaningful Problems Workshop?

The Challenge Scoping Workshop is a practical, exploratory learning experience focused on defining the right problem. Many programmes teach how to solve predefined problems; this workshop focuses on how to confidently frame the challenge - especially in real-world partnership contexts - so the work that follows is meaningful, human-centred, and aligned.

Participants learn how to:

  • separate symptoms from root causes,
  • identify core tensions, and
  • refine broad issues into focused design questions.

What you’ll experience

  • Practical methods for building challenge statements from observations, research, case studies, and stakeholder stories
  • Tools for moving from complexity to clarity (without oversimplifying what matters)
  • Practice scoping challenges that align personal learning goals with partner or organisational needs
  • A supportive, learning-by-doing environment focused on small learning moments rather than “perfect outcomes”

Who it’s for

  • This workshop is designed for individuals (18-35) who are curious about human-centred approaches to problem framing and want to build confidence in defining meaningful challenges. It’s well suited to students and emerging professionals working with complexity - especially those engaged in partnership or industry-linked projects. No prior design thinking experience is required.

Why attend?

  • Build a transferable strategic skill: challenge framing that can be applied to academic work, partnerships, career decisions, and entrepreneurship
  • Create clear, focused challenge statements - and explain the “why” behind your framing decisions
  • Strengthen alignment in collaborative work by identifying shared value early and avoiding vague briefs
  • Learn to navigate ambiguity by refining broad issues into focused intervention points

The Everyday Designer Format

Duration: 1 day
Location: Face-to-Face
Cost: 

At no cost

Spaces: Limited

Upcoming Course Dates

26 March 2026

Application deadline:

23 March 2026

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