Skills for Planet Training

Introduction to the Skills for Planet Blueprint  

Overview: This session gives you an introduction to our Skills for Planet Blueprint, and the key green design skills you and your organisation need to be equipped for future work and contribute to the green transition. 

We run you through each of the core elements of the Blueprint, and contextualise the skills in real life case studies to help you better understand how they work in practice.  

Length: 1 hour (30 minute talk, 30 min Q&A) 

Engagement style: In-person or online.

What you’ll leave with: An awareness of the critical green skills that all designers need and an accessible jumping off point for practical application of these skills into everyday work. 

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Workshop: Skills in Action 

Overview: This workshop guides you through a full design brief, giving you the experience of applying green design skills in practice.

After introducing you to the Skills for Planet Blueprint, you will work in groups to re-frame a brief using several green design skills, and then work together to create a physical prototype or design solution for your reframed brief.  

Length: 3.5 hours  

Engagement style: In-person physical prototyping, or online on Miro.

What you’ll leave with: Experience applying the Design Council’s Systemic Design Framework and Skills for Planet Blueprint in practice, supporting you to accelerate the integration of green design skills into your design practice.

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Workshop: Mapping Your Skills Journey

Overview: This workshop helps you to assess your current green design skill levels and identify where to go next in your upskilling journey. Where do you have the most agency to make change? Which skills might need additional attention?  

After introducing you to the Skills for Planet Blueprint, you’ll be guided through assessing where you are currently, and then creating an action plan for what for focus on next.  

Length: 3 hours (flexible)

Engagement style: In-person physical prototyping, or online on Miro.

What you’ll leave with: A shared baseline of your current green design skills strengths, gaps and leverage points, and alignment on clear next steps for further skills development.

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Bespoke training  

This workshop helps you enables your organisation to go beyond off-the-shelf learning and develop green design capability that is deeply aligned to your context, challenges, and ambitions. Where do you have the most agency to make change? Which skills might need additional attention?

After introducing you to the Skills for Planet Blueprint, you’ll be guided through assessing where you are currently, and then creating an action plan for what for focus on next.

What you’ll leave with: You'll be able to build confidence across your team to apply the green design skills to live projects and create long-term cultural change 

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