KARACHI: The Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Karachi will be partnering with Stanford University to offer a `Design Thinking Program` in Pakistan, said a press release issued on Friday.

Executive Director IBAKarachi Dr S Akbar Zaidi expressed his enthusiasm for the collaboration and said that it would enable students to acquire the skills they need to become future leaders and innovators.

The initiative, being supported by Bank Alfalah, aims to equip management professionals and senior executives with the powerful tools and mindset of design thinking, the press release added.

Design thinking is a methodology focused on understanding user needs, generating creative solutions, and developing prototypes.