GIA Certified Design Thinking Professional


  • Design Thinking is the creation of a management led culture of innovation that generates meaningful breakthroughs and creates ongoing real value for the organization and its customers.
  • Design Thinking is a multi-disciplinary approach that brings together all of the creative resources, capabilities and knowledge within an organization to produce innovative changes to business models, processes, products and services that will drive new business growth and create a strategic competitive advantage.
  • The duration of the program is 4 days  
  • The language of the program is English or Arabic 
  • The language of the certification exam is English or Arabic 
  • Business Leaders
  • Managers 
  • Professionals & Subject Matter Experts  
  • Innovation Team Members 
  • Entrepreneurs & Business Owners  
  • Individual contributor wishing to gain practical know-how on the principles, process, and tools of Design Thinking.

Design Thinking consists of multiple number of interactive workshops that will help participants to have the skills, tools and confidence needed to drive change across their business. By the end of this course, participants will:

 

  1. Acquire a deep understanding of the Design Thinking principles, process, and tools.
  2. Apply the Design Thinking framework as a structured process to solve problems, generate breakthrough ideas, and co-create an improved customer experience journey.
  3. Improve personal effectiveness by becoming a more empathetic service provider.
  4. Use observational techniques to gain deeper insights into customers and users.
  5. Increase confidence in creative abilities by applying the Design Thinking method to work and life.
  6. Practice the skills of design thinking through the selection and prototyping of ideas.
  7. Ability to use proven methodology and tools for creative problem solving.

 

Yes, there are still spaces. Training Program pages will be marked once they are full.

Each training day covers 5-6 training contact hours with coffee breaks. Day time training usually starts at 08:30 and finishes at 14:30 each day. Evening virtual training usually starts at 18:00 and finishes at 22:30 each day. Please check the program details for the starting and ending time of your chosen training program.

The price of the GIA-CDTP assessment and certification is USD120. You will also receive a 15% discount on your next online assessment and certification fee.

The GIA-CDTP certification is achieved by taking and passing an online assessment upon completion of the training. 

The Professional GIA-CDTP assessment is comprised of 60-80 multiple choice and true and false questions that must be completed in 120 minutes. The pass mark is 75%. You have 2 attempts for the assessment.

Please click the ‘About Program’ button for more details on How to become an GIA-CDTP®, Certification Requirements and Investment. If you require an

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