THE d-school's DESIGN THINKING PROGRAMMES are currently online
Our training and capacity-building programmes fall into two streams: Student and Professional Programmes.
In addition, we offer a Coaching Training Programme through
which we would develop coaching capacity for our programmes, as well as for
organisations requiring key personnel skilled in leading their internal design
thinking approach to innovation.
Take a look at our courses and get involved in a new way of thinking!
For faculty and teaching staff at the University of Cape Town who would like to expose their students to Design Thinking.
These are programmes that are co-created with faculty and teaching staff at the
university who are wanting to expose their students to Design Thinking as part
of their current curriculum.
Our Design Thinking Week programmes are for students registered at any tertiary institution in South Africa.
This 4-day Introduction to Design Thinking programme exposes students to working in multi-disciplinary teams on real world problems. It is often the first time that they have the opportunity to work in an environment that incorporates the uncertainty and complexity that go along with operating in real life.
Thus, the d-school provides essential practice for the real world of work. We believe that this preparation, as well as the insights it provides students into how they might apply their skills across multiple sectors and disciplines, helps prepare students for the future.
This programme has been designed for individuals who wish to:
Make a difference as a future-ready leader, innovator, manager or entrepreneur.
Develop a culture of design-led innovation.
Drive new ways of thinking and working in their teams.
Learn how to work in multidisciplinary, innovative teams.
Develop human-centred solutions to complex challenges.
Professional Programmes include
OPEN PROGRAMMES: These are scheduled offerings available to professionals. The next online Design Thinking in Practice workshop is on the:
9-16 March 2022
11-18 May 2022
17-24 August 2022
16-23 November 2022CUSTOMISED: The d-school designs a range of programmes to meet the needs of large organisations for more customised training and capacity building.
The d-school is committed to building local coaching capacity and has developed a pool of coaches who are undergoing training in design thinking coaching.
The d-school offers training for multi-disciplinary teams who have been earmarked by their organisations to coach internal teams to apply a design thinking approach to projects.
