OCCUPATIONAL CERTIFICATE
Design Thinking Innovation Lead
Become a future-ready innovation leader with the skills to design human-centered solutions, guide collaborative teams, and apply positive psychology, research, and creative problem-solving to real organizational challenges. This programme equips you with both digital and leadership capabilities needed to thrive in the 4IR era.
- Duration: One (1) Year
- SAQA ID: 118788
- NQF Level: 5
Programme Description
Design thinking is an iterative process that diverse teams use to understand users as well as problems, to challenge assumptions, redefine problems, create innovative solutions, and test those solutions with various stakeholders and to subsequently develop implementation strategies. It involves various phases and is most useful to tackle problems that are ill-defined or unknown.
Admission requirements
Grade 12, an NC(V) level 4 or an equivalent qualification
Mode of Study
Full-time and Distance Learning
Certification Type
National Certificate
Course Information
Career Options
- Business Strategist
- Product Designer
- Service Designer
- Innovation Consultant
- Design and Innovation Coaches in public, private, small enterprises, and communities
- Design Thinking Facilitators
- Design Thinking Innovation Specialists
- Design Thinking Practitioners