Design Thinking Your Way to Business Success: Navigating the Unexpected

This is an Invest Ottawa event, presented by TD

About this event:

Join us during Small Business Week for an inspiring keynote entitled ‘Design Thinking Your Way to Business Success: Navigating the Unexpected’.

Whether they’re doing it for their customers or their ventures, if there’s one thing that small business owners know, it’s the importance of solving problems. Finding problems can be relatively straightforward, but finding solutions? That can be a challenging task at the best of times. One sure fire way to increase your chances of success is by leveraging the power of ‘Design Thinking’, an evidence-based methodology that focuses solution-building around the pain points of our target audience.

This event will explore how you can use design thinking to tackle unforeseen challenges in your business, adapt your plans and innovate your way to success. Whether you’re an entrepreneur just launching or seasoned business owner, this session is sure to provide valuable insights and practical tools to help you turn roadblocks into opportunities.

Our keynote speaker:

Sam Turgeon-Brabazon (STB Consulting Services)

Expert panel discussion:

Following the keynote, we will be holding an expert panel discussion with 4 Ottawa business founders, each speaking to their own business hurdles and industry-specific painpoints. The engaging exchange will look deeper into how each of these founders molded and pivoted in order to keep with changing times and obstacles.

Our panelists:

Naj Peterson (Founder, Stomping Ground)

Erin Harris (Founder, SoulSpeak Studio)

Farid Dagher (Founder, City at Night + Afterlight)

Amanda Ruddy (Founder, Amanda Julia Events)

Our panel moderators:

Sam Turgeon-Brabazon (STB Consulting Services) & Igor Stipanac (Invest Ottawa)

Additional event details:

Tickets are free!

Food & drinks will be included.

Networking portion at the end of our session.

+ We will have $1,000+ worth of giveaways for our attendees!