INNOVATIVE TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR A CULTURE OF INNOVATION
Design thinking & innovation workshops, training programs, courses, keynotes & coaching for organizations & leaders.
Working on a mindset and culture of innovation? Are you planning an innovation workshop, design thinking or brainstorming session, innovation center, initiative, or conference? We’ve worked with over 100 organizations on innovation, design thinking, and leadership development programs. Universities and companies from a variety industries have engaged with our workshops, speaker events or training programs onsite and in-person – or remotely and virtually online.
We are based in the US and offer virtual, online and in-person innovation facilitation and training with a network of trainers, facilitators, and speakers in London and the UK, Singapore, Germany, Australia and across the globe.
Innovative Training Program Formats for a Culture of Innovation in your Workplace
In-Person Workshops, Programs, & Courses
We offer on-site interactive live events to facilitate your team through step-by-step best innovation practices. These events are designed to build a more innovative and collaborative culture within your organization, along with filling your pipeline with new ideas and strategies to pursue.
Virtual Keynotes and Interactive Workshops
Our live programs are also available in virtual formats: live in unison or asynchronously. Your group may work together on Zoom or Teams with live real time facilitation, using an online collaborative whiteboard like Mural or Miro. Or, your group can go at their own pace through an online course.
Featured Innovation Training Workshops
Collaborative Innovation
Our Innovation Workshops offer flexible, hands-on sessions you can mix and match or combine into a full-day experience. These workshops help teams collaborate, spark fresh ideas, and build a lasting culture of innovation.
Design Thinking Training
Our Design Thinking Workshops offer a fun, human-centered approach to innovation, helping teams design with and for their customers. Using proven tools and techniques, we guide you in generating and developing ideas that truly meet user needs.
Design Sprints
Our Design Sprint Workshops condense the power of design thinking into a fast-paced, one-day session. In just a few hours, your team will tackle complex challenges, generate solutions, and drive meaningful results.
Design Thinking Certificates
Our Design Thinking Certificate Programs provide a comprehensive learning experience in innovation. Programs can be delivered online or on-site to fit your team’s needs.
Facilitating & Leading Innovation
Our Facilitator Workshops equip leaders and trainers with the skills to design and lead engaging innovation and design thinking sessions.
Expert Brainstorming and Idea Generation
Our Brainstorming Workshops help teams turn idea generation into a core strength and competitive advantage. Learn to spark creativity, fuel innovation, and energize your organization.
- Gratitude Workshops: Storytelling Retreats, Activities and Experiences
- Workshop to Rethink How You Work in Your Org (Innovate, Automate, Apply AI)
- Softest of the Soft Skills Training Workshops
- Adaptability Skills Training Workshops
- Strategy Workshops that Align Teams and Innovate Strategies
- AI Facilitation Training Workshop for Program Designers and Facilitators
- Design Thinking AI Training
- Workshops for Change Management and Change Leadership
- LEGO® Workshops for Organizations and Business with LEGO® Serious Play®
- Mindset Workshop
- Growth Mindset Workshop
- AI Innovation Workshop
- The Design of a Workshop: A Guide to Designing Workshops that Engage
- Intrapreneurship Programs
- The Strategy Design Sprint: Design Sprints for Strategic Planning
- Innovation Mindset Program
- Storytelling for Leaders Workshop
- Leading a Culture of Innovation with Design Thinking Facilitation
- Reflection Workshops and Reflection Activities for Learning and Development
- Innovative Innovation Meetings: Formats, Designs, and Examples
- VUCA Workshop Training Resource
Your Program Designer & Facilitator
Darin Eich’s Innovation Training Origin Story
Meet Dr. Darin Eich, founder of InnovationTraining.org, committed to driving a culture of innovation and learning. Darin has helped over 100 organizations across the globe, from Silicon Valley to London, develop a mindset for innovation through design thinking workshops. Darin specializes in designing personalized programs customized to you or your organizations’ unique requirements. Darin began in a research setting, especially interested in leadership programs and putting what he found into action. The leadership programs he designed have reached over 2 million people. He has also built a network of innovation and design thinking facilitators and trainers who have delivered programs in dozens of countries across the globe.
Darin’s enthusiasm about helping organizations navigate the changing landscape led him to be an advocate for human-centered approaches to innovation and creative problem solving, storytelling and the application of new technologies (such use of virtual meeting tools, real-time collaborative whiteboards and AI) to further develop programs to meet the needs of organizations around the world. Darin holds a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin and has studied at the University of Maryland and William and Mary. His books, Innovation Step-by-Step, The Design Thinking Mindset, and Root Down & Branch Out: Best Practices for Leadership Development Programs, are a testament to his expertise in the field.
Interested in discussing program ideas? Contact us today. We enjoy hearing about what you are working on and appreciate the chance to create custom innovation, leadership, and design thinking programs for our clients.
Organizations We’ve Worked With
What Our Clients Say
“Darin is undoubtedly one of the most energetic people I have ever had the pleasure of meeting. He brings this excitement to everything he does, including his brainstorming training and facilitation.
Going through Darin’s training process was like learning to ride a bike. It took several sessions to start seeing results as I was literally re-wiring my brain to pedal at speeds it had never gone before. I clearly remember one session it just ‘clicked’ — instead of generating 20-30 ideas in each 3 hour brainstorm, I was coming up with almost 150 ideas. I was amazed at this new found skill that previously seemed unattainable.
I’m forever thankful for the opportunity to learn this unique skill and wish I could sit around that table with Darin more often.”
“Our world is changing faster than ever before. Don’t let your skills stagnate! This book is like a self-study workshop that will enable you to learn systems to solve problems creatively and figure out how to lead in any life situation. I strongly recommended it.
Darin has taken the process of creativity to the level of simplicity that can be adopted by the masses. I like the focus on showing examples and using metaphors to explain things. Plus, the space and instructions provided make it feel like more than just a book. Also, the book using itself as an example and demonstration of the techniques it teaches is pure genius!”
“Darin once spoke at a leadership conference I organized in Madison. He talked about leadership in a way I’d never heard before.
It wasn’t only what he said. It was also how he said it… with naked intensity and emotion and belief.
That was when I internalized that you could be passionate in a big, bold way about leading and inspiring others. It wasn’t just me and my crazy friends thinking about this. “Out there in the Real World,” they desperately needed more of it. Now that I’m here, I know we still need more, too.
I bought a copy. I can think of several friends who might do well to get one as well.”
“Typically, being innovative in our industry can be difficult. In order to foster a culture of innovation, we want to equip our staff, at all levels, with the tools and techniques to be innovative on a daily basis. When we began the search to find someone or an entity that could do that for us, we recognized from early on that Darin was the right fit.”
“My company realized that it needed an innovation wake-up call in order to stay competitive and to keep up with a number of potentially disruptive technologies that are quickly advancing inside and outside our industry. To help jump-start a more creative culture and get us moving in the right direction, we organized three teams and challenged them to “innovate in 90 days.” We asked them to propose a new program, project, or pilot that could help our company learn about new technologies and help us meet our customers changing expectations. We hoped we may get a few good ideas from this new initiative, but really wanted to see how innovative our employees could be if given a chance.”
“Darin’s approach takes the mystery out of how to think like an innovator. Whether you are wanting to become a first-time author, or focused on creating the next Internet-of-Things sensation, Darin’s approaches to innovative thinking can work to address your business challenge.”