Rapid Press Club

Your design thinking plan to get sh*t done

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7 Sessions | 4 Months | 70+ Hours

Live creative coaching with collaborative iteration, ongoing support, and a shared workspace to capture your project’s progress.

100,000+ Success Stories

Pioneered at Stanford and adopted by over 600 universities, design thinking methods are proven to empower professionals worldwide.

You don’t need to be a creative to be a creator

Student Profiles

✦ A financial advisor opening a bar

✦ A curator optimizing his time

✦ A mom launching an online store

✦ An engineer building a cooking app

✦ A student polishing a master’s thesis

✦ A dad making a an accessible home

Rapid and Club?

As a creator, sometimes you need to make first and think later. Do you go to a club, listen to a song, analyze it, and then dance? No. You dance. Often, the rapid accident is the result you couldn’t find through overthinking.

That said, we’ll still venture deep into the tunnels of your mind to pull out what matters.

During the coaching sessions, we'll combine theory and practice to get your project moving forward.

Plus, I'm always available for support between each session.

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Book intro call

This is an estimated outline to give you a high-level idea of how the Rapid Press Club flows. Every student and project is unique!

Month 1

Sessions 1–2

Alignment & problem framing

We’ll clarify scope, audience, and product identity.

We’ll define what success looks like for you and surface blockers early.

Sessions 3–4

Bi-weekly sprints & co-creation

Rapid prototyping: We’ll build and test with real users so you can iterate with confidence.

Focus: We’ll use some exercises to navigate decision fatigue and overcome friction.

Month 2

Session 5

Solid plan & retrospective

By month two, we’ll have concrete answers about your audience and product architecture. We’ll pause to evaluate our dynamic and adjust goals.

Month 3

Session 6

More ideation & polishing the results

We’ll ideate more, refine deliverables, finalize design details, and package your product so it’s ready for public release — or so that is ready to define the next iteration.

Month 4

Session 7

Launch & next steps

We wrap up by mapping your next-phase roadmap and celebrating your progress with an online or in-person showcase — optional, other ways to celebrate will be considered.

Reviews

My project had stalled, and Barbara's design thinking course gave me the breakthrough I needed. Within the first two weeks, I gained more clarity on the who, what, and why than I had in months. Her teaching is motivating and builds in real accountability, which kept me moving forward. The program's emphasis on co-creation pushed me out of my comfort zone, and I'm now far more confident in the problem I'm solving. I highly recommend Barbara to anyone struggling to get out of their head and into a state of flow.

— Tamara (Engineer)
Before working with Barbi, I tended to see my struggles with completing projects as a personal failing—that I lacked motivation, was avoiding my fears, or was simply too scattered. One of the most impactful things I gained from working with her was a completely different understanding of resistance and hesitation. Rather than treating them as signs of avoidance or something to push through, she approached them with respect and curiosity as normal emotional and practical blockers that are part of the creative process. She paid attention to understanding my specific doubts and fears instead of dismissing them, which allowed her to offer ideas, techniques, and reading material that were genuinely relevant to where I was. As a result, I developed a much healthier relationship with resistance and more trust in my ability to move through it with curiosity and useful tools rather than self-judgment. I really recommend working with her!

— Rinat (Pianist and educator)

$95

Feedback or consulting sessions.

$70

Per session when committing to all 7-sessions ($490).

$65

$65 per session, per person, when working as a pair committing to all 7-sessions ($455 each).

Sliding-scale rates are available. If you are struggling financially, send me an email and we will figure it out.