Hi, my name is Daniel. I have trained more than 500 Design Thinkers in Singapore and abroad- and one of the most important things that my participants ask me is about "what's in it for me"? As in- how would Design Thinking benefit me in my career, business and livelihood? You see- 3 most important skills (according to Forbes) in the 21st century: - Critical Thinking (solve problems with solutions) - Creativity (think outside the box) - Collaboration (working with others) All

Hi, my name is Daniel. I'm figuring that you are interested in Design Thinking.. I AM TOO! I was fascinated with Design Thinking and went to tell the whole world about it. I started to run workshops, speak in conferences and train government professionals. Today, I train hundreds of professionals from Singapore and overseas every year. I’m humbled by so many sincere thanksgiving and love after every run. I have then authored a book on COMPLETE DESIGN THINKING GUIDE FOR SUCCES

Hi, my name is Daniel. I started Emerge Creatives 8 years ago- when I was broken and cast out with no job by a company that think nothing of design. God picked me up and inspired me to emerge and build Emerge Creatives like a mission in my life. I was fascinated with Design Thinking and went to tell the whole world about it. I started to run workshops, speak in conferences and train government professionals. Today, I train hundreds of professionals from Singapore and overseas

Design Thinking is in essence the process of thinking like a designer. It was a term that was made famous by IDEO and their approach at that time to solving problems. The business world did start to take notice, and you would have seen countless articles on Forbes and the Harvard Business Review, about the impact of Design Thinking. It is an umbrella term which takes a Human-Centric approach to the designing of any product through rapid prototyping and iterations. Top 5 Desig

Video of series of activities that participants will do during the fun and action-packed 3 days Design Thinking Certification Course! Hi, my name is Daniel Ling. Thank God, I've just had another opportunity to train and coach some of the TOP heads in an MNC. I just did one segment of my course on 7 Values of Business Transformation in Design Thinking. I don’t usually write a long post- but want to share with you an exciting opportunity to learn this awesome problem-solving s

Conducted a public run with awesome participants from different industries such as Mizuho Bank, MOE, Bosch and NUS etc in June. Had great fun engaging the participants with the activities and it is really impressive to see people from different perspectives sharpening each others' iron throughout the 3 days. Below are some snippets of the activities: Design Thinking- Empathize Phase Customer Interview and Digging Deeper Design Thinking- Define Phase Group Discussions (lots

Emerge Creatives provide participants with an awesome extensive training pack for the Advanced Design Thinking Certification workshop- all packed with an understanding of what a potential design thinker should need in the marketplace. Want to experience Design Thinking beyond the classroom materials? Join our WSQ Advanced AI Design Thinking course for a hands-on learning experience where you’ll apply practical tools, templates and the 5-Step Design Thinking Action Plan to

A group of NUS Industrial Design juniors, Felicia, Efrim and Raymond came over for an interview about me to be included to their alumni yearbook. What an absolute privilege to be interviewed as a design thinking consultant and as an NUS alumni to be shown to a wider audience. I was looking at the interview script and was thinking.. man! This totally sums up my life story so far and I really want to crystallize this by blogging it up (what a great first post it's going to be)