Design Thinking to Focus, Collaborate, and Play! DATE: Tuesday, November 8, 2016 TIME: 8:30am - 3:30pm LOCATION: Learning Center, Torrey Pines Center-South, Suite 265A FEE: $200 Register on the UC Learning Center by clicking on the workshop title above, or search keyword “collaborateplay” Intended for: Staff interested in better managing interruptions and staying focused to complete tasks. —— With today’s information overload and constant interruptions, staying focused has become an immense challenge, along with balancing between focused and collaborative work and staying invigorated and motivated. In this workshop, you will learn a design thinking approach to solve one of today’s most serious workplace challenges: constant interruptions. This is a hands-on workshop that includes an in-depth exposure to design thinking and how to use it to design a process, a product, a mobile app, and/or an add-on to e-mail. This workshop will leave you transformed in your ability to think creatively and work collaboratively to solve significant problems and leverage unique opportunities of all kinds. Topics Covered:

• Understand the key aspects of design thinking including working with your stakeholders to co-create innovate solutions together
• Get insights into the challenges related to workplace interruptions and solutions to address them