{"id":25582,"date":"2021-08-02T13:57:36","date_gmt":"2021-08-02T13:57:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kenacademy.org\/?page_id=25582"},"modified":"2025-09-01T11:27:53","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T11:27:53","slug":"ken-design-thinking","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kenacademy.org\/en\/ken-academy-offline\/ken-design-thinking\/","title":{"rendered":"KEN Design Thinking"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_custom_1599559029099 vc_row-o-content-middle vc_row-flex\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div  class=\"wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_center\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<figure class=\"wpb_wrapper vc_figure\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_single_image-wrapper   vc_box_border_grey\"><img width=\"929\" height=\"523\" src=\"https:\/\/kenacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Early_Design.png\" class=\"vc_single_image-img attachment-full\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kenacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Early_Design.png 929w, https:\/\/kenacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Early_Design-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/kenacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Early_Design-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/kenacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Early_Design-18x10.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 929px) 100vw, 929px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div  class=\"wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_center\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<figure class=\"wpb_wrapper vc_figure\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_single_image-wrapper   vc_box_border_grey\"><img width=\"1176\" height=\"224\" src=\"https:\/\/kenacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/KEN-Academy-Offline-quote-eng.jpg\" class=\"vc_single_image-img attachment-full\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kenacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/KEN-Academy-Offline-quote-eng.jpg 1176w, https:\/\/kenacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/KEN-Academy-Offline-quote-eng-300x57.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kenacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/KEN-Academy-Offline-quote-eng-1024x195.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kenacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/KEN-Academy-Offline-quote-eng-768x146.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kenacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/KEN-Academy-Offline-quote-eng-18x3.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1176px) 100vw, 1176px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Children from this generation are characterized by creativity and an amazing flexibility to change. These characteristics will help them adapt to jobs not yet invented or to challenges that we cannot yet imagine. However, they need help integrating creative thinking processes into every activity.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The KEN Design Thinking program aims to bring to their attention methods and techniques applicable in business, but also in everyday life, with the help of which they can perform better.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>KEN Design Thinking is dedicated to children who have already completed other KEN Academy programs and want to CONTINUE THEIR BUSINESS LEARNING JOURNEY by discovering an innovative tool.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>\u00cen anul \u0219colar 2025 &#8211; 2026 ai 5% REDUCERE EARLY BIRD, dac\u0103 achi\u021bi avansul p\u00e2n\u0103 pe 1 septembrie!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid vc_custom_1599559535786 vc_row-o-content-middle vc_row-flex\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"thim-widget-heading template-base\"><div class=\"sc_heading\"><h2 style=\"color:#2f3056;\" class=\"title\">Why choose this program?<\/h2><span style=\"background-color:#00ccb3\" class=\"line\"><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>children want to acquire new skills and knowledge in business<\/li>\n<li>it offers a <strong>100% PRACTICAL CURRICULUM<\/strong>, rich in age-appropriate interactive activities and experiential games<\/li>\n<li>children meet with <strong>CONTRACTORS and SPECIALISTS<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>children organize <strong>SALES FAIRS<\/strong>, and the profit is theirs!<\/li>\n<li>children go on <strong>FIELD TRIPS TO VISIT COMPANIES<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>children develop their <strong>ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS<\/strong> and acquire <strong>BUSINESS KNOWLEDGE<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"translation-block\">children learn HOW to build a BUSINESS PLAN<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid vc_custom_1599559535786 vc_row-o-content-middle vc_row-flex\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"thim-widget-heading template-base\"><div class=\"sc_heading\"><h2 style=\"color:#2f3056;\" class=\"title\">Who is this program suitable for?<\/h2><span style=\"background-color:#00ccb3\" class=\"line\"><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>For us, <strong>all parents<\/strong>, who want self-confident, brave, innovative, adaptable children who take action and turn their dreams into projects and are financially independent.<\/p>\n<p>For<strong> all the children<\/strong> who are brave and entrepreneurial, who want to make their own way in life, have project ideas and initiative. For those who dream of starting a business or who simply want to be smart consumers.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid vc_custom_1599559535786 vc_row-o-content-middle vc_row-flex\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"thim-widget-heading template-base\"><div class=\"sc_heading\"><h2 style=\"color:#2f3056;\" class=\"title\">By the end of the KEN Design Thinking program, children:<\/h2><span style=\"background-color:#00ccb3\" class=\"line\"><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>learn about the principles of the Design Thinking model and go through the 5 stages:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>Empathize<\/li>\n<li>Definition<\/li>\n<li>Ideation<\/li>\n<li>Prototypes<\/li>\n<li>Test<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>practically apply the principles of Design Thinking to the team business and practice the entrepreneurial challenges with the help of sales fairs.<\/li>\n<li>discover what cryptocurrencies, artificial intelligence, the mindset of the future or transforming workspaces are.<\/li>\n<li>they are guided through the process <strong>Lean Service Creation<\/strong>, which will help them deepen the processes specific to a sustainable business.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>At the end of the learning experience, children will have integrated specific behaviors and know when to apply them in everyday life to have empathy and to understand the needs of those around them.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"thim-widget-heading template-base\"><div class=\"sc_heading\"><h2 style=\"color:#2f3056;\" class=\"title\">Organizational details:<\/h2><span style=\"background-color:#00ccb3\" class=\"line\"><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #14143e;\">the module contains a total of <strong>35<\/strong> <strong>session<\/strong> <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #14143e;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 34 sessions<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #02bfa3;\"><strong>100 minutes, once a week<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 3 sales fairs of 150 minutes\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #14143e;\">performance period: <strong><span style=\"color: #00ccb3;\">22.09.2025 &#8211; 19.06.2026<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #14143e;\">groups with <strong><span style=\"color: #00ccb3;\">8 \u2013 12 participants<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #14143e;\">age categories:<span style=\"color: #00ccb3;\"><strong> 8 \u2013 10 years<\/strong><\/span> and<span style=\"color: #00ccb3;\"><strong> 11 \u2013 13 years<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #14143e;\">interactive teaching facilitated by a KEN trainer<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #14143e;\">copiii primesc un Jurnal de \u00eenv\u0103\u021bare (resurse \u0219i fi\u0219e de lucru<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Registration and details at: <a href=\"mailto:carmeniorgulescu@kenacademy.org\">carmeniorgulescu@kenacademy.org<\/a> \/ <a href=\"tel:0723.600.341\">0723.600.341 <\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00censcrierea \u00een modul este condi\u021bionat\u0103 de semnarea contractului \u0219i achitarea unui avans de 5%. Suma Poate fi achitat\u0103 integral cu 5% reducere sau \u00een 3 rate egale.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>\u00cen anul \u0219colar 2025 &#8211; 2026 ai 5% REDUCERE EARLY BIRD, dac\u0103 achi\u021bi avansul p\u00e2n\u0103 pe 1 septembrie!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Children from this generation are characterized by creativity and flexibility to change. 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