4 modules
Designing Your Life:
Design Thinking and Psychology to Achieve your Life and Career Goals
Course Overview
“I am not fully engaged in what I am doing, what should be my next move?”
“I want to start something new, but where and how do I start?”
“Are there any tools and processes to help me make better decisions?”
“I can’t find my “passion” or “calling”. Where should I begin?”
If you have been asking yourself these types of questions, the course is for YOU!
The answers can be found at the intersection of psychology and Design Thinking. While Design Thinking is generally applied to design better products and services, through this 4-week, hands-on workshop, you will get a chance to learn and apply the Design Thinking methodology to your own life. Based on #1 Best New York Times best-selling book Designing Your Life, this course has been crafted for people in their twenties who are struggling in making a career choice.
At the end of the course, participants will know:
Taught by the only licensee in Thailand and Southeast Asia, the workshop will give you:
- A hands-on experience, so you that you can apply the concept of Designing Your Life to a real situation, get a deep understanding of tools and ability to utilize them in the future;
- An “actionable” plan after the workshop, so that you can start right away to change your life;
- The ability to design your life through the concept of meaning-seeking, increase creative confidence, adaptability; all reinforced by design thinking-based tools;
- The Ability to become more focused and resilient in the face of challenge, as well as develop greater self-awareness and experience greater overall well-being.
Core Instructors
Permsit
Lamprasitipon
Certified “Designing Your Life” facilitator, PhD in Psychology, Founder of Modular Consulting
Permsit Lamprasitipon, Ph.D., is a counseling psychologist, and the official and only licensee of Designing Your Life in Southeast Asia. He is an expert in human-centered design, and has been teaching Designing Your Life and Design Thinking in both Private and Public sectors to 500+ people.
He is also a visiting lecturer in top-tier universities. His past experiences include working in the innovation field, organization psychology, market research, and corporate social responsibility. He holds a Bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), an MBA from SASIN, Chulalongkorn University; as well as Ph.D., Summa Cum Laude, on counseling psychology from Assumption University. He is also a certified Designing Your Life Coach, and Scrum Master.
Design Thinking expert who aims at improving Service in education, finance and consumer product sectors. Trained at Stanford d.school, with certification from MIT (Certified MIT Approach to Design Thinking) and IDEO (Certified IDEO Human-Centered Design).
Panunya is also an alumnus of Designing your Life, Stanford Life Design Lab, a methodology that applies design thinking to personal development. She is the Head of Business Development, AI & Robotics Venture Technology Incubator, at PTTEP. She holds a MS in Energy Resource Engineering, Stanford University and BE in Chemical Engineering, Chulalongkorn University.
Stanford’s Most Popular Class Isn’t Computer Science–It’s Something Much More Important
It’s called “Designing Your Life,” a course that’s part throwback, part foreshadowing of higher education’s future.
[PHOTO: FLICKR USER MICHAEL SMITH]
Become a Certified
Life Designer
Fully Certified Program by
Thammasat University
Who should attend
University Students
who don’t know what to do after graduation (e.g find a job, or continue to study?), wish to change path or find their true passion.
First Jobbers or Early Career Workers
who would like to make a change but do not know how (e.g change fields of work)
Why You’ll Love Learning Here
HANDS-ON
Interactive & intimate classes with direct feedback from instructors
REAL CASE STUDIES
Solve real-world problems that are directly applicable to your work
EXPERT INSTRUCTORS
Taught by real professionals in the field & university academics
NETWORKING OPPORTUNITY
Make life-long connections with like-minded professionals
CONVENIENT TIME & PLACE
All workshops are either on weekends evening or weekday in central Bangkok
What Our Students Shared
Module 1
Saturday, 15th August 2020
Introduction to Designing Your Life (DYL)
Key Objective: Set up ground, get familiar with other participants, understand the foundations of the DYL methodology and the necessary mindset for the rest of the course.
Learners will discover:
- How Design Thinking (DT) can be applied to life
- How to find the source of motivation through self-exploration and empathy
- How to set up a good “Life-Design” question
Instructor
Permsit Lamprasitipon
Certified “Designing Your Life” facilitator, PhD in Psychology, Founder of Modular Consulting
Module 2
Saturday, 22nd August 2020
Designing Your Life – Your Life Prototype
Key Objective: Deep dive on life prototyping. Learn how to use DYL tools to design a joyful and meaningful life.
Learners will discover:
- How to craft your life story
- The tools needed to come up with and brainstorm ideas
- How to do “life prototyping”
Guest speaker's topic
Don’t quit! Reinvent yourself within your organisation
Instructor
Permsit Lamprasitipon
Certified “Designing Your Life” facilitator, PhD in Psychology, Founder of Modular Consulting
Panunya Charoensawadpong
IDEO and MIT Certified Design Thinking Expert
Module 3
Saturday, 29th August 2020
Designing Your Life – Applying to Your Work Life
Key Objective: Deep dive on application of Designing Your Life to your work life. Learn techniques and tools to transform your work and craft a job that is both meaningful and full of possibilities.
Learners will discover:
- How to apply the Designing Your Life methodology in their work
- How failure can help grow as an individual
- How to design a new work life without having to quit the current job
Instructor
Permsit Lamprasitipon
Certified “Designing Your Life” facilitator, PhD in Psychology, Founder of Modular Consulting
Module 4
Saturday, 5th September 2020
Designing Your Life – Way Forwards
Key Objective: Wrap all the learning and create the next life design actionable plan
Learners will discover:
- Insights and new perspectives on life and work
- How to set up your own DYL team
- How to Design your “Life Canvas”, for your actionable plan moving forwards
Instructor
Permsit Lamprasitipon
Certified “Designing Your Life” facilitator, PhD in Psychology, Founder of Modular Consulting
Putting theory into practice
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Life Designer
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