The event took place on October 19, 2023 at the building of the Institute for Advanced Studies of the Universiti Malaya in conjunction with Academia Month launched by the Ministry of Education. The workshop is attended by 23 participants, academic and non-academic staff, categorized into administration, research, technical, and management. The workshop was divided into two sessions which ran in three hours. In the first session, we focused on design thinking. We provided an overview of the phases involved in the design thinking methodology, especially as it pertains to creating successful university projects. The session concluded with a group activity in which participants were presented with a case study and tasked with generating potential solutions by following the steps of the design thinking process see more