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Designing Your Life: A 1-Day Life Design Workshop
Design Thinking and Life Design in Action!
Workshop Overview
A practical and reflective 1-day workshop to help you get unstuck, gain clarity, and design possible futures for your life and work.
Many of us reach moments where we wonder:
“Is this all there is?”
“What should I do next?”
“How do I make better choices for my life and work?”
Designing Your Life offers a practical way to approach these questions — not by trying to find one perfect answer, but by using design thinking to explore possibilities, reframe challenges, and prototype your way forward.
In this 1-day workshop, you will be introduced to key tools from the Designing Your Life methodology, developed at Stanford and popularised through the best selling book by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans. Through guided reflection, peer conversations, and hands-on exercises, you will learn how to think like a designer and apply that mindset to your own life.
Who This Workshop Is For
This workshop is suitable for individuals who are:
Feeling stuck or at a crossroads
Considering a career or life transition
Seeking greater clarity and direction
Wondering what a more meaningful next chapter could look likde
Exploring how to align life, work, values, and purpose
Curious about the Designing Your Life approach
Looking for practical tools rather than just inspiration
This is not only for people in crisis or major transition. It is also for anyone who wants to pause, reflect, and intentionally design what comes next.
What Participants Will Experience
In this workshop, participants will :
Understand where they are now in life and work
Reflect on what gives them direction, meaning, and coherence
Identify unhelpful assumptions that may be keeping them stuck
Reframe challenges into more generative design questions
Imagine multiple possible futures through Odyssey Planning
Learn how to prototype small next steps before making big decisions
Connect with others who are also asking important life and work questions
Speakers
Alison Lim
Alison Lim is a veteran Human Resource Development Practitioner with over 35 years in adult education and development. Known for her experiential methodologies, Alison excels in facilitating learning and change across diverse cultural audiences.
Her expertise encompasses leadership, management, personality profiling, and team building. Alison has designed and facilitated training programs for organizations across various sectors in multiple countries, including Singapore, Malaysia, China, and Japan.
Beginning as a social worker, Alison later joined Nanyang Technological University's faculty, specializing in Organizational Behaviour and Social Psychology. She played a key role in developing the Advanced Certificate in Learning and Performance (ACTA) and has lectured for the Singapore Training and Development Association (STADA).
Alison's commitment to social contribution is evident in her volunteer work with organizations like STADA and the Gifted Children's Association. As a founding member of Mums for Life, she curated the "Heart of a Mother Experience" program.
Holding a Master's in Education and Human Resources from George Washington University, Alison is certified in numerous areas including Experiential Adventure Learning and Life Skills Coaching. As a Certified DYL Facilitator, she currently focuses on Leadership Milestone Programmes for the Civil Service College, guiding individuals in designing fulfilling lives and careers.
Dane Tang
Dane Tang is an International Coaching Federation (ICF) Accredited Executive Coach. She is also a Life Design Coach, Mentor, Executive Board Member, Management Consultant, and Speaker.
Dane is an accomplished marketer and corporate leader with over 20 years of international experience with top-tier MNCs across Oil & Gas, Retail, Luxury Fashion, FMCG, Healthcare, and F&B industries. She is passionate about building brands and high-performance teams.
Dane understands first-hand the challenges faced by professionals and is experienced working with leaders across diverse geographical and cultural backgrounds, helping them reach their full potential and be the best version of themselves.
Design your future with Dane. Connect with her at http://linkedin.com/in/danetang
Dates
Upcoming:
May 29, 2026 (Friday)
9 am to 6 pm
Facilitators:
Alison Lim & Dane Tang
Next Run:
June 26, 2026 (Friday)
9 am to 6 pm
Facilitators:
Dane Tang & Joanne Koo
Location
Common Ground Civic Centre
21 Bedok North Street 1
Singapore 469659
Price
Standard Public Rate:
S$750 per pax
Early Bird Rate: S$575.
Available until 15 May for the 29 May workshop, and until 6 June for the 26 June workshop.
Limited seats available.
For Corporate enquiry
Bring Designing Your Life to Your Organisation
Designing Your Life can also be conducted as a dedicated in-house program for organisations that want to support their employees in navigating change, career transitions, internal mobility, leadership renewal, or personal growth.Depending on your organisation’s needs. We can offer a 1-day introductory workshop or a deeper 2-day Designing Your Life program customised for your staff.
Email Hello@dyl.global to enquire about a Corporate Run.
