Design Thinking Innovation Lead
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The global Design Thinking market size was valued at USD 6900.0 million in 2021 and is expected to expand at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.25% during the forecast period, reaching USD 10500.0 million by 2027[1].
The well-known design thinking catch word, popularized by Tim Brown (CEO of IDEO, a global design firm), is “a human-centered approach to innovation that draws from the designer’s toolkit to integrate the needs of people, the possibilities of technology, and the requirements for business success.”
With our ever changing world of work, businesses are quickly recognising that design can be used as a differentiator to respond to changing trends and consumer behaviours. They’ve come to recognize that design innovation happens at the intersection of desirability for customers, viability at the business level, and feasibility for technology.
While design thinking is an ideology based on designers’ workflows for mapping out stages of design, its purpose is to provide all professionals with a standardized innovation process to develop creative solutions to problems—design-related or not.
[1] https://www.precisionreports.co/global-design-thinking-industry-research-report-competitive-landscape-market-21739402
What you will learn in this course!
Upon completing this full qualification, you will be able to:
- lead teams to conduct applied ethnographic research and immerse self in the environment and context to augment engagement and empathy with stakeholders and to conduct problem analysis.
- be a conduit for and lead teams to understand problems and achieve the creation of innovative solutions using design thinking methodologies.
- apply the design thinking process and methodology to stimulate creativity and innovation for the design and creation of innovative solutions to solve a problem
Who this course is for?
If you are seeking a qualification that provides you with future skills for the ever changing world of work, then this is the qualification for you!
The qualification details are as follows:
Qualification Title: Occupational Certificate: Design Thinking Innovation Lead
QCTO Curriculum Code: 242102001
SAQA ID: 118788
NQF Level: 04
Credits 160
You can the full qualification at: https://regqs.saqa.org.za/viewQualification.php?id=118788
Occupational certificates are broken up into three components of learning:
1. Knowledge Modules
2. Practical Skills Modules
3. Work Experience Modules
This qualification will cover:

To achieve the certificate you will need to successfully complete:
- Knowledge, Practical and Work Experience Modules (and issued Statement or Result (SOR) or Record for each);
- A FISA (Final Integrated Summative Assessment) – this is an internal final summative assessment that will ensure you have gained the knowledge and skills to be registered for the EISA;
- An EISA (External Integrated Summative Assessment) is the final assessment managed and conducted by the Quality Partner/Assessment Quality Partner (AQP) for all learners nationally[1]. To qualify for the EISA you must have a copy of a completed and signed SOR and Statement of Work Experience.
- For this qualification, your EISA will be an integrated assessment of the qualification outcomes and will consist of an open book knowledge assessment. The assessment will include open-ended questions based on specific case studies and scenarios[2].
If you meet all the above requirements, you will receive a national occupational certificate with QCTO.
[1] Source: implementation of Occupational Qualifications by Accredited SDPs (QCTO Quick Guide)
[2] Source: External Assessment Specifications Document (page 3; 1.1)
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