Design Leadership Masterclass by Echos

Design is taking more of a leadership role - it is even moving into the boardroom. But so far designers are not systematically educated for leadership roles. In this program leadership mindset and skills for design will be reflected and developed.

We are happy to offer a 20% discount for our SDN members.

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The Design Leadership program is a hands on program developed to improve your skills and knowledge as a creative leader from top global leaders.
 
The Design Leadership program runs over the course of 12 weeks for those who wish to continue developing their leadership skills. You’ll learn how creative, innovation and design leaders excel by bringing clarity and vision, advocating for design within their organisation to bring the best out of their teams and keeping projects on track until the last mile.

Design leadership is a program to help you shape your abilities and skills to be an effective leader, and helps you to take design higher up within the organisation. Learn how design can create cultural change, how to shape better design teams, and how to lead delightful products and services.

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