Design Thinking Matters Now. Relive the 2022 d.confestival.

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TRENDS & FEATURES

How design thinking can futureproof your professional skillset

January 31, 2023

Design thinking and Ubuntu - a shared spirit of empathy

December 8, 2022

d.confestival final day recap

October 19, 2022

An opening night to remember

October 14, 2022

Dconfestival day 1

d.confestival kicks off on a high and musical note

October 13, 2022

Global Design Thinking Challenge: Making learning in schools more sustainable with Design Thinking

September 1, 2022

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THOUGHT LEADERSHIP

ALUMNI IMPACT

From uncertainty to empowerment – how Design Thinking shaped Ameera Miller's career journey

Ameera Miller, a digital marketer and content creator, is an alumna of the Hasso Plattner d-school Afrika at UCT. Having completed the Foundation Programme in Design Thinking in October 2022, Ameera’s career journey has been greatly influenced by the skills and mindset she developed during the programme. Ameera shares how design thinking has been pivotal in shaping her personal and professional journey.

An alumna’s journey of transformation and empowering growth

We caught up with Saarrah Waggie, alumna of the Foundation Programme at the Hasso Plattner d-school Afrika at UCT, to explore how design thinking has been instrumental in shaping her personal and professional growth.

From politics to human-centred design: Sinalo’s journey with Design Thinking

The Hasso Plattner d-school Afrika at UCT sat down with Design Thinking coach, Sinalo Bambeni, to talk about how design thinking has shaped her career (and her life).

Design Thinking as a Superpower: Meet Calvin Mayanta

Tiego Monareng, a coach at the Hasso Plattner d-school Afrika, shares his experience with the transformative power of design thinking in startups and multilateral organisations and how it has even influenced his personal relationships.

Zulfah Albertyn-Blanchard brings an empathetic, human-centred approach into everything she does

Zulfah Albertyn-Blanchard, a former PhD student at UCT, discovered design thinking during her paediatrics and public health studies and later became a coach in the field. She believes design thinking transformed her problem-solving approach and emphasised the importance of understanding individual needs.

‘SA start-ups need to play a longer game to succeed’

Succeeding as an entrepreneur in South Africa is trickier now than ever before. Slow economic growth, high inflation and loadshedding create a cocktail of challenges that are especially formidable for small and medium businesses. But Reitumetse Kholumo, award-winning start-up owner and d-school Afrika alumna has found a way to circumvent the obstacles while staying true to the core values driving her, inspiring other entrepreneurs to stay the course during these troubled times.

Meet Jessica Ilunga: The storyteller-urbanist committed to unlocking new narratives in and about our cities

Jessica Ilunga is a d-school Afrika alumna and a storyteller-urbanist committed to unlocking new narratives in and about our cities.

Thinking like a designer. This one thing proved to be a game changer

Serial tech entrepreneurs Matthew Westaway and Lethabo Motsoaledi used a customer-centric approach to build their latest venture Voyc—a speech analytics service—into an award-winning company that currently monitors a million customer interactions a month in the UK and SA and helps clients cut customer complaints and build value.

d-school AFRIKA UPDATES

Reframing Design Thinking in complex times: opening up the practice

Our first session will feature a conversation between leading design thinkers from Kenya, the US, and South Africa, offering diverse perspectives and insights. It will be designed to invite audience questions and participation too.

Tech4Democracy Africa Venture Day

The Hasso Plattner d-school Afrika at the University of Cape Town has partnered with IE University to host one of two global venture days of the Tech4Democracy competition. Join us as we’ll be unveiling the best democracy-affirming technologies and startups from Asia-Pacific and Africa. The winners will participate in the Global Final in Washington D.C.

Opportunity: Reinventing Higher Education Design Thinking Workshop

The University of Cape Town has partnered with IE University as the host school of the 13th edition of the Reinventing Higher Education (un)conference that will be designed to be inclusive so that it reflects the aspirations we have for building a more equal and just society. This event will enable all the attendees at the event to have a voice and feel that their voice matters.

From innovation expert to master learner. Reframing how to unlock your own mastery in design thinking

October 11, 2023

Join us for a high-impact master class with George Kembel, co-founder of Stanford d.school and keynote speaker at the d.confestival.

Creativity in Research - Gaining clarity, driving insights, making progress

October 11, 2022

Join us for an impactful workshop ‘Creativity in Research - Gaining clarity, driving insights, making progress’ by Prof. Dr. Sebastian Kernbach.

October 12, 2022

The 2022 d.confestival was a conference-meets-festival hybrid hosted by the Hasso Plattner d-school Afrika in Africa’s first-ever purpose-built design thinking building at the University of Cape Town. Following the 2012 and 2017 events held in Potsdam, the 3-day festival celebrated the influence of design thinking in the worlds of management, public policy, research and education. The theme of the event was ‘Design Thinking Matters Now’, a provocation to reflect on the impact and relevance of design thinking to the priority challenges of our time.

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