Certificate Program
Business Design Expert.
Become a certified Business Design Expert and learn how to execute innovation sprints as a high-performance team - with Business Design.

What we believe

Experience Innovation firsthand and become a Business Design Expert.

In our certificate program for Business Design Experts, you become part of an innovation project where every week brings new, sometimes unexpected challenges and insights. You’ll be working hands-on on a real case and learn to deal with high uncertainty. Something everyone in innovation faces sooner or later.

Over 10 weeks, you’ll benefit from a blend of hands-on experience, theory, and expert guidance from our Business Design Coaches. If you want to experience what it’s like to make innovation real, while receiving expert support and building a solid foundation in Business Design, this is the place for you.

If we voluntary provide tools without taking the time to properly educate people, they end up with a very bizarre (and messy) situation.
Dr. Karl Rabes
Business Design Coach

What we teach

Become a certified Business Design Expert in three months.

Throughout the program, you’ll gain practical experience in qualitative field research, business model development, storytelling, prototyping, and more. You’ll also benefit from deep dives, team coordination, individual project work, and personalized feedback from experienced coaches. Upon completion, you’ll receive a certificate from Orange Hills GmbH and become part of an exclusive network of alumni from leading companies and universities such as Toyota, Siemens, Accenture, Fraunhofer, and the Technical University of Munich.

2 days

Setup

This module kicks off the program with an in-person session to introduce foundational concepts, roles, and processes of Business Design. Participants form teams, engage with a real case study, and prepare for the upcoming project work.
  • + Setting: Two-day on-site kick-off event
  • + Focus on team formation, stakeholder management, and visual storytelling
2 weeks

Discover Part 1

The first part of the Discover phase centers on qualitative field research methods to deeply understand customer needs and behaviors. Participants learn how to conduct interviews and gather insights that will inform the innovation process.
  • + Remote learning with guided practical exercises
  • + Emphasis on qualitative research techniques and user empathy
1 week

Discover Part 2

Continuing the Discover phase, this module deepens the analysis of research data and introduces tools for synthesizing findings into actionable insights. It prepares participants to identify opportunities and frame problem statements for design.
  • + Focus on data synthesis and insight generation
  • + Collaborative team work to refine research outcomes
1 week

Design

This module guides partici-pants through synthesizing research results into business models, storytelling, and hypothesis-driven experi-mentation. It emphasizes prototyping and preparing for validation to create viable innovation concepts.
  • + Hands-on workshops for business model development and storytelling
  • + Preparation for prototyping and experimental validation

Learning

Invest in your future.
As a Business Design Expert.

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