[GFischer]

I attended a workshop on Design Thinking, the tl;dr version is here (a PDF which I recommend especially for startups):

http://dschool.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Bootc...

even better, try to get into the Stanford course (they give open, 4-hour workshops, the last one was full)

http://dschool.stanford.edu/

Edit: they also have a virtual "crash-course":

http://dschool.stanford.edu/dgift/

I was shown some of the materials students made (in full Stanford courses, not in the 4-hour introductory workshop :) ), and they were amazing.

I observed that one thing Americans have over students in my home country/culture is, they're way more likely to learn how to make awesome presentations :) .