Short Learning Program

Design Thinking and Innovation

About This Course

Innovation and creativity are ranked as top skills for any person seeking to be employable in the 21st century labour market. Design thinking is a human-centric approach to innovation and creativity. This course introduces design thinking as a methodology that can enable innovation and creativity. The course demonstrates how individuals and organisations can use curiosity and design thinking skills to identify and choose opportunities for creative solution-finding. An overview of design thinking mindsets and tools are provided to help students understand design thinking as a problem-solving approach.

What You Will Learn

Understand the core concepts and mindsets of creativity, design and innovation
Explore ideas and tools to help people work more creatively
Master the design principles that will help you create user-focused solutions
Explore collaborative approaches to ideation

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Certification

Upon successful completion of this SLP, students will receive an automatically generated Certificate of Completion backed by MANCOSA and issued through blockchain.

Blockchain certificates, can be easily shared with your network and are easily verified by employers and recruitment agencies.

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Michael F

Thank you skillME for the valuable skills taught in this course, worth every second.

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What an awesome course, the learning system is also easy to use.

Your Tutor

Maurisa Motolo

Maurisa holds a MPhil Inclusive Innovation Candidate, Inclusive Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship.

She is currently employed as a CEO at The Lefika Foundation. Maurisa is skilled at user-centred design, program facilitation and blended learning.

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