Design Thinking in Practice

You will benefit highly from this course if:

• You are a leader, innovator, manager or entrepreneur who wants to make a difference
• Your business or organisation wants to develop a culture of design-led innovation
• Your business needs to adopt new ways of thinking, new strategies and solutions
• You are interested in learning how to work in, or manage, multidisciplinary innovative teams
• You want to develop human-centred solutions to complex challenges

Delegates on the Design Thinking in Practice course will gain:

• The ability to work with the fundamentals of the design thinking process and its key tools and techniques
• Experience of the different elements of design thinking – such as empathy, user-insights, understanding context, collaborative ideation, prototyping and evaluation
• Insight into human-centred problem solving, and the value of understanding the context in which solutions are implemented
• An ability to work in multidisciplinary, diverse teams on transversal projects, and develop techniques to communicate across disciplines
• Confidence in creative thinking
• An understanding of the practice of low-cost experimentation and prototyping to test ideas early
• An understanding of how design thinking can be practically applied in a wide range of settings, from personal to global, and across disciplines and sectors

REQUIREMENTS

• Participants are required to commit to being available and present for the full sessions.
• Participants will be divided into teams of 5 persons and each team will have their own d-school coach. A tech team will be managing and assisting with the smooth running of the programme.

LOAD SHEDDING

Unfortunately, load shedding has resumed and we are mindful that we may be affected at some stage. Please inform your team, should you be aware of load shedding in your area.

3 days in-person at the Hasso Plattner d-school Afrika, located at UCT's middle campus

-3 to 5 June 2024
-9 to 11 September 2024