Expand the influence of your design team with Pragmatic Design

Grow the Strategic
Impact of Design

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Pragmatic Institute’s design practice empowers designers to contribute strategically. We help designers extend their reach by combining business acumen with user advocacy to uncover new opportunities to create value and strengthen partnerships across the organization.   

Our learning experiences are developed by design practitioners, instructional designers and industry leaders—focusing on interactive learning and practical application. With an ecosystem of training, resources and community, our design practice builds on Pragmatic’s reputation as a transformational partner to 200,000 alumni and counting.

Our Courses

Business Strategy and Design

Business Strategy
& Design

Increase your strategic impact as a designer

Gain a grounding in business strategy and the tools and vocabulary of key business stakeholders so you can confidently contribute to strategy conversations. Learn how to connect user-centered work to the advancement of business objectives, demonstrate return on investment, and strengthen cross-functional partnerships.
Storytelling for Influence

Influence Through Storytelling

Harness the power of storytelling to grow your influence

Get tools and techniques to enhance collaboration with stakeholders, build influence, and change attitudes and behaviors through strategic storytelling. Learn how to design narratives that showcase design impact, advocate for user interests, align stakeholders around a common purpose and inspire teams to action.
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Pragmatic Design
Advisory Board

Our Design Advisory Board brings a real-world lens to strategic design.

These experts are enthusiastic and passionate about design advocacy, human-centered innovation and building the next generation of design leaders.

  • Christine Fitts

    Director, Customer Experience, Integrated Delivery Lead | Pfizer

  • John James

    Director of Product Design | Spotify

  • Kim Moy

    Design Director | Capital One

  • J. Scott Sanchez

    Product Innovation Officer | Deluxe

  • Lauren Sinreich

    Senior Principal, Design Research | Coforma

  • Leah Udja

    UX Research Manager, Enterprise | Indeed

  • Lyndsey Williams

    Associate Director, User Experience Design and Research Operations | Moody’s Analytics

  • Elizabeth Zietlow

    Director, Experience Mapping and CX Strategy | Signet Jewelers

Meet Our Pragmatic Design Instructors

Featured Resources

Find more expert insights, actionable advice and thought leadership in every format in the Pragmatic Design resource library.
Aligning Design Activities to Business Strategy
Aligning Design Activities to Business Strategy
Want to boost the impact of design? Determine your company’s strategy so you can be intentional in your recommendation of design activities. Read about four types of company strategy, common... read more ❯
Facilitation Guide for Achieving Strategic Goals
Facilitation Guide for Achieving Strategic Goals
Planning to facilitate a strategy discussion, workshop, or alignment session? Use this step-by-step guide for designers, which shares best practices, helpful reminders, sample activities and tools. read more ❯
6 Practices for Leading Empowered Teams with Brett Macfarlane
Pragmatic Institute Design Chats Podcast
Brett Macfarlane is an organizational consultant who focuses on leadership development. On Design Chats, Brett discusses his work with Apple, the nuances of leadership in high-innovation environments and more. read more ❯

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