Where driven professionals become skilled human-centred innovators & change-makers.

Hyper-disruption is here to stay. Adapt and learn a new way of thinking and doing to enable more effective and sustainable innovation.

The DUCTRI Course is designed to help you gain the clarity and confidence to leverage human-centred innovation to future-proof your career and organisation and to thrive in a world of hyper-disruption.

Join the waitlist for the June, 2025 Launch.

    Unlock your innovation and impact potential by applying your new capability to complex problems

    Be seen as a high-value person in your field equipped with an innovative, adaptive and collaborative skillset

    Learn advanced field-tested innovation tools, techniques and mindsets that can impact any sector

    Disruption is increasing yet we’re failing to adapt.

    200%

    The growth in disruption over the last 5 years. 

    Source: Accenture

    88%

    Failure to achieve original organisational transformation ambitions.

    Source Bain and Co

    43%

    Employee willingness to support change in 2022 – massive drop from 74% in 2016.

    Source HBR/Gartner

    You need a 5+ year field-tested system that  has helped:

    1450+

    Executive Students

    350+

    Organisations

    20+

    Sectors

    How it works…

    Practical

    Simple tools and techniques that cut through the BS and are immediately actionable.

    Insightful

    Learn the WHY behind the HOW to become part of the 5% who can  impact any situation.

    Immersive

    Bite-sized video lessons and exercises applied to real-world case studies.

    Meet your instructors…

    Dr. Christian Walsh

    Dr. Christian Walsh

    Christian is a Senior Lecturer at University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. He is the founder and CEO of a maritime vessel training simulation company.

    Christian developed The DUCTRI (duck-tree) System after revising an executive MBA design thinking course where he realised the shortcomings regarding a lack focus on successful implementation.

    The DUCTRI System has been researched and field-tested over the last 5+ years amongst MBA students, executive training and numerous consulting  projects.

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    Vaughan Broderick – MBA

    Vaughan is a startup, innovation and design thinking coach. With several years innovating in the health, social services and agricultural sectors he is the Impact Lead at Centre for Entrepreneurship, University of Canterbury.

    He is an innovation lecturer and guest coach on the Executive MBA Programme and consultant to prominent industry organisations.

    Vaughan has over 25,000 followers across LinkedIn and X, and 8,600+ newsletter subscribers and is a frequent guest on industry podcasts.

    You’ll learn how to…

    Discovering

    Conduct empathy-driven field research techniques to surface revealing rather than TBU (true but useless) data.

    Understanding

    Analyse data with a proven set of sense-making tools to derive insight to make sure you identify the right problem to solve.

    Creating

    Generate potential solutions using collaborative processes that unlock the power of human and AI-driven creativity.

    Testing

    Run rapid experiments to test your ideas and assumptions so you can de-risk before investing significant resources.

    Resourcing

    Consider what you’ll need to bring your idea to life, identify potential barriers and design successful business models.

    Implementing

    Support change using behavioural psychology and proven strategies to gain momentum and ensure your innovation is successful.

    Ready to master the DUCTRI System?

    Price TBD

    Core

    Price TBD

    Ideal for people who are looking to master The DUCTRI System and apply the skills in their own time.

    • 18+ bite-sized video/text lessons: Learn how to master the DUCTRI System
    • 30+ field-tested tools and techniques that you can apply to complex problems
    • Real-world cases studies and activities to accelerate your learning
    • Cheatsheets to have on-hand and expertly apply the core concepts
    • Accountability to stay on track
    • Plus much more

    VIP

    Price TBD (limited to number of spots – TBC)

    For the most motivated innovators. Get 1:1 coaching, extra support and detailed feedbackck from the instructors.

    Everything in Core, plus:

    • Two 30-minute 1:1 coaching calls with Christian or Vaughan
    • Mastermind session: Small group mastermind session with Christian and Vaughan to help you nail your next steps
    • Exclusive VIP Chat: You, Christian or Vaughan and the other VIPs will have an exclusive chat option

    Join the waitlist

    Join the waitlist for the June, 2025 Launch.

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      Some of the most useful resources we’ve found.

      The exact playbook in ready to use reference style.

      You’ve done the work, you’ve earned the recognition.

      Ready to reinvent yourself and your organisation?