Collective Campus

Design thinking training in SingaporeCheck the problem before the region funds it.

A hands-on workshop for Singapore teams who need a live problem checked before money moves.

  • Singapore, in person or hybrid

Singapore

Singapore teams who need the problem checked first

Singapore product and operations teams book this when a build is about to start and the people who will use it have not been in the conversation. We put those people in the room with the people who will sign the spend.

Collective Campus has a studio in Singapore. We facilitate there in English, at your office or a room in the city, or hybrid on Singapore time. You bring the challenge. You leave with a method the team can run without us.

  • For Singapore product, innovation and operations teams about to fund a build.
  • In person in Singapore, or hybrid on Singapore time.
  • Half a day, one day or two days, on a challenge you bring.
  • Facilitated in English. No design background required.

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The problem

Sound familiar?

Solutions first

Teams jump to "build it" before anyone's confirmed it's a problem worth solving.

Assumed, not asked

Decisions get made on what the room thinks the customer wants, not what they actually do.

Expensive guesses

Months of build time sunk into features that quietly get no use.

What you'll walk away with

By the end of the day, your team will have

  • A clearly defined problem worth solving, grounded in real user insight
  • Firsthand customer empathy, not assumptions dressed up as facts
  • A pile of tested ideas, and the confidence to kill the weak ones early
  • At least one low-fidelity prototype in hand
  • A repeatable method they can run again without us in the room

What we cover

The flow of the day

  1. 01

    Frame the challenge

    Align on the real problem and who we're solving it for.

  2. 02

    Empathise

    Get into the user's world, interviews, observation, empathy mapping.

  3. 03

    Define

    Turn messy insight into a sharp, solvable problem statement.

  4. 04

    Ideate

    Diverge wide, then converge, structured brainstorming that avoids groupthink.

  5. 05

    Prototype & test

    Build something rough, put it in front of real people, learn fast.

Who it's for

Who should be in the room

No prior experience needed, the workshop is built for cross-functional teams from scratch.

Product & innovation teams

Anyone responsible for building the right thing, not just building it right.

Cross-functional squads

Mixed teams who need a shared language for solving problems together.

Leaders

Executives who want customer-centricity to be a habit, not a poster.

Format & logistics

How it runs

Duration

½-day taster, 1-day intensive, or 2-day deep dive.

Delivery

In-person at your office, offsite, or fully remote.

Group size

8-30 is the sweet spot. Larger cohorts by arrangement.

Tailoring

Built around a live challenge you bring, not a generic case study.

Facilitators

Tessa Kowaliw

Lead facilitator

Tessa Kowaliw

An incredibly personable design thinking facilitator with years of experience across the private and public sectors, and a passion for driving community outcomes.

Steve Glaveski

Founder, facilitator

Steve Glaveski

Founder of Collective Campus, author of two Wiley books, host of the Future Squared podcast, and regular contributor to Harvard Business Review.

Proof

What changes afterwards

“They now question everything, see things through a different lens, and have started to spread that approach throughout the business.”

Leslie BarryHead of Innovation, Sportsbet

Singapore

Questions about running this in Singapore

Do you facilitate design thinking in Singapore?

Yes. Collective Campus has a studio in Singapore. We run the session at your office or a room in the city, in English, or hybrid on Singapore time.

Who should come from a Singapore team?

The people funding the work and the people who understand the user. Product, operations and innovation. No design background is required.

How do we book a Singapore design thinking workshop?

Use the contact form. Name the problem, the group size and whether you want the Singapore room or hybrid. Half a day, one day or two days.

Can the workshop use a live regional problem?

Yes. Bring the constraint you cannot ignore. We will not spend the day on a case from somewhere else.

Ready to solve the right problem?

Tell us the challenge, we'll shape a workshop around it.