35 Online Courses & Programs

Learn to Innovate.
Build Skills That Last.

Online courses and coaching programs in design thinking, facilitation, brainstorming, storytelling, and AI — taught by Darin Eich, Ph.D., with 20+ years designing innovation programs for organizations worldwide.

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35+ Online courses

20+ Years of experience

100+ Organizations served

Ph.D. Educational Leadership

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Train the Trainer Facilitator Program 30+ modules · 2 live coaching sessions

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Design Thinking Certification Human-centered innovation methodology

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Brainstorming Training 5+ hours · expert ideation techniques

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AI Tools for Innovation ChatGPT for design thinking & facilitation

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Your Instructor

20+ Years Designing Programs That Actually Work

I've spent my career helping organizations move from passive training to active, experiential innovation. What I've learned is that people don't change how they work by watching a lecture — they change by doing real things in a structured, well-facilitated environment.

These courses are built on the same methodology I use in live workshops for organizations all over the world. The frameworks, activities, and techniques I teach are the ones I actually use — refined through thousands of hours of facilitation.

Ph.D., Educational Leadership University of Wisconsin–Madison

100+ Organizations Worldwide Fortune 500 · Universities · Nonprofits

3 Published Books incl. The Design Thinking Mindset

6,000+ Newsletter Subscribers Innovation Learning on Substack

Organizations Served

Flagship Programs

High-Impact Coaching & Certification

For facilitators and leaders who want personalized coaching, live sessions, and a deeper transformation — not just self-paced video.

Train the Trainer: Innovation & Design Thinking Facilitator Program

The complete program for facilitators, trainers, and L&D professionals who want to design and lead powerful innovation workshops. Thirty-plus modules walk you through every phase — with live coaching to accelerate results.

30+ structured learning modules
2 live one-on-one coaching sessions with Darin
Completion certificate for facilitator credentialing
Workshop frameworks & templates you apply immediately
Nonprofit pricing available ($999)

For Leaders & Workshop Designers

Innovative Workshop Design & Facilitation Coaching

A personalized coaching experience for leaders designing their own workshops. You'll define your challenge, design your session, prototype your agenda, and refine it through three live coaching sessions with Darin.

3 personalized one-on-one coaching sessions
Custom capstone workshop project you build and deliver
Real-time design feedback and iteration
Proven workshop design frameworks and tools
Direct access to Darin's 20+ years of facilitation expertise

Course Catalog

35 Courses Across Eight Skill Areas

From foundational design thinking to advanced AI facilitation — built for where you are and where you want to go.

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Design Thinking

The foundational methodology for human-centered problem solving. Understand → Frame → Generate → Build → Learn → Act.

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Innovation & Ideation

Generate breakthrough ideas and move from challenge to action using proven innovation frameworks.

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Facilitation Skills

Lead workshops, design collaborative sessions, and facilitate any group through complex problems.

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Brainstorming Training

Master expert techniques with 5+ hours of training on generating and developing high-quality ideas.

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AI & Innovation

Use ChatGPT and AI tools to accelerate design thinking, ideation, program development, and facilitation.

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Storytelling for Leaders

Communicate ideas compellingly, inspire change, and move people to action through narrative.

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LEGO® Serious Play®

The hands-on facilitation method using building activities to unlock team creativity and strategy.

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Healthcare & Specialized

Innovation training for healthcare professionals, virtual facilitators, and industry-specific applications.

Best Value

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Access all 35 courses in one membership. The most cost-effective way to build your complete innovation and facilitation skill set — and return to courses anytime as your work evolves.

All 35 courses included Lifetime access New courses added regularly Learn at your own pace

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What Course Participants Say

From the People Who've Done the Work

His program delivered ABOVE AND BEYOND my expectations with the specific ideation session facilitation details, instruction, tools and tips to lead group creativity and design thinking workshops in multiple phases of their creativity journey and for multiple industries. I can't speak highly enough of Darin's insight and construction on this facilitation certification.

If you are looking to experience a learn-by-doing Innovation Course, look no further. You will learn necessary innovation theories and concepts, but more importantly, you will undertake a real-time Innovation Challenge under Darin's guidance.

Darin has been an amazing coach and mentor! He has helped me shift my mindset from doubting if I could even have a business to a mindset of not only having a business, but that business being successful.

By stepping out of the usually day to day business, preparing content and doing exercises with the whole team, I learned the very essence of what it means to be innovative.

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Whether you're new to design thinking or deepening your practice as a facilitator and trainer, there's a course or program designed for exactly where you are.

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