Human Centered Design Courses

Design Thinking - What Is It and Why Should I Care?

Explore design thinking basics with Stanford experts. Learn to apply creative problem-solving techniques to work and personal challenges through real-time demonstrations and audience interactions.

• YouTube
• 58 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Leading Innovation and Design Thinking

Discover how Steve Suarez introduced design thinking at HSBC, exploring challenges, successes, and key lessons in building corporate innovation. Learn to lead innovation in your company.

• YouTube
• 56 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Completing Projects Faster and Smarter With Virtual Design and Construction

Discover how Virtual Design and Construction methodology enhances project efficiency, client value, and stakeholder experiences in the construction industry.

• YouTube
• 56 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Tech, Tools, and Team Design - How You Can Utilize New Platforms to Work Smarter

Discover how to form "flash teams" and leverage online platforms to efficiently convene talent, measure output, and make real-time adjustments in today's competitive business landscape.

• YouTube
• 49 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Extending the Theory of ML for Human-Centric Applications

Exploring ML challenges in real-world applications, focusing on data manipulation, multi-objective optimization, and robustness in dynamic environments with human-centric considerations.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 7 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Design to Disrupt

Explore sustainable innovation in the garment industry with Dan Widmaier, CEO of Bolt Threads. Learn about disruptive technologies, environmental impact, and maintaining focus on core goals.

• YouTube
• 37 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Stanford Seminar - Virtual Human Agent for Smart City

Virtual human agents for smart cities: AI-powered assistants enhancing urban living through blockchain, machine learning, and community-driven development. Explore innovative approaches to energy, transportation, and resource management.

• YouTube
• 47 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Interactive Autonomy - A Human-Centered Approach for Safe Interactions

Explore interactive autonomy for safe human-robot collaboration, focusing on algorithms that influence human behavior and efficient active learning methods to model human preferences.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 14 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Stanford Seminar - Capturing Human Behavior and Language for Interactive Systems

Exploring how to enhance human-machine interaction through data-driven models that interpret human behavior and language, with applications in policy, bias detection, and community-shaping interfaces.

• YouTube
• 45 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

How to Design Addictive Games

Explore game design secrets for creating addictive experiences, focusing on flow state, player engagement, and industry insights from a veteran designer's personal journey.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 27 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Time Before Birth: A Look at Developing Human Brain

Explore the developing human brain before birth through advanced imaging techniques and machine learning models, offering insights into fetal neurodevelopment and potential clinical applications.

• YouTube
• 58 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Runway - A New Tool for Distributed Systems Design

Introducing Runway: a comprehensive tool for designing distributed systems, combining specification, simulation, visualization, and model checking to evaluate correctness, availability, and performance.

• YouTube
• 55 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

The Design Thinking Hybrid - An Evolution of Innovation

Explore the evolution of design thinking as an innovation method, its adaptation for business, and techniques for incorporating it into organizational culture to drive large-scale impact.

• YouTube
• 51 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Design Thinking vs. The Lean Startup

Explore the differences between design thinking and lean startup methodologies for innovation, with insights on their philosophies, practical applications, and limitations.

• YouTube
• 1 hour
• On-Demand
• Free Video

The Achievement Habit - A Design Thinking Guide for Doers

Transform your behavior and achieve goals using design thinking principles. Learn problem-solving techniques, overcome barriers to action, and gain confidence to pursue your aspirations.

• YouTube
• 40 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video