3-Day DesignThinkers Global Bootcamp Week Training Training Course

This is a highly interactive course that combines individual and group discussions with practical skills exercises, empowering delegates to exchange ideas and elevate their proficiency.

Audience

Any individual seeking to improve their assertiveness skills.

Aim

The course is designed to boost confidence and enhance the delegate’s capacity to communicate with both colleagues and customers in a confident and assertive manner.

Objectives

Upon completing the programme, participants will be able to:

• Identify and overcome obstacles that hinder assertiveness.
• Recognize behavioural patterns in themselves and others, and acquire effective strategies to manage these traits.
• Engage in effective communication with diverse groups of people to foster mutually beneficial outcomes whenever feasible.
• Navigate and manage challenging situations with ease.

Objectives

This training aims to review and enhance the competencies required to achieve business goals, covering both individual performance and team collaboration. Participants will acquire key skills such as:

• Developing an effective personal communication style
• Practically analyzing communication barriers and applying active techniques to prevent them
• Fostering supportive professional relationships
• Strengthening teamwork effectiveness
• Understanding mutual influence between teams and organizational units
• Mastering various techniques for conflict management
• Transforming attitudes and behaviors to model constructive outcomes (e.g., adopting an assertive stance)

Training Methodology

The program is designed as an interactive experience where participants are actively engaged for over 80% of the duration. Each session follows a consistent structure: introducing new exercises to build awareness, delivering mini-lectures on relevant techniques (knowledge), and practicing new tactics (skills). Upon completion of each session, participants receive support materials summarizing the topics discussed.

The practical components are reinforced by mini-lectures that explain the theoretical foundations and fundamental psychological mechanisms underlying the exercises conducted in the training room.

Over the course of two days, this workshop aims to equip technical and administrative professionals with essential analytical and creative thinking competencies. Generally, participants will refine both their left-brain and right-brain thinking capabilities, learning how to apply these skills in diverse workplace scenarios. Attendees will become familiar with a wide range of proven techniques and tools designed to help them analyze, correlate, justify, and draw conclusions from information effectively.

A Customer Care Course is designed to educate participants on the fundamentals of providing exceptional service and care to customers. It focuses on treating customers with respect and kindness, building an emotional connection, and ensuring their satisfaction and loyalty. These courses cover a range of topics, including communication skills, time management, de-escalation techniques, and industry best practices. Through real-life examples and practical exercises, learners gain insights into effectively handling customer inquiries, complaints, and feedback. The aim is to equip individuals with the necessary skills to deliver professional, helpful, and high-quality service across various customer interaction points, enhancing the overall customer experience.

This instructor-led, live training in Kenya (online or onsite) is designed for beginner to intermediate professionals and managers who wish to enhance their critical thinking, decision-making, and problem-solving capabilities in personal and professional contexts.

Upon completing this training, participants will be able to:

• Spot biases and logical fallacies in reasoning.
• Use critical thinking techniques in real-world situations.
• Refine decision-making through structured analysis.
• Strengthen problem-solving approaches for complex issues.

This trainer-led, live workshop in Kenya (online or onsite) is designed for hospitality staff at beginner to intermediate levels who aim to upgrade their service capabilities.

By the conclusion of this training, participants will be able to:

• Gain expertise in formal etiquette, focusing on hosting, dining, and serving.
• Understand serving protocols and their underlying principles, enabling staff to apply these guidelines proficiently.
• Enhance customer service standards and strengthen communication and interpersonal skills for better guest interactions.
• Appreciate diverse cultural etiquettes and sensitivities, ensuring respectful and appropriate service for all guests.
• Manage unexpected situations and guest requests professionally and efficiently.

Organizations such as Pfizer, Hewlett Packard, Dell EMC, and VMware have leveraged this programme to develop a more balanced influencing style and build resilient, adaptive responses to workplace challenges. Whether your goal is to create high-performing work teams, consistently win contracts through expert pitching, successfully negotiate optimal terms, or systematically build shareholder value, this programme provides the behavioral precision and strategic alignment needed to drive measurable impact.

Participants will move beyond foundational communication into advanced influence architecture, learning to calibrate their style, navigate resistance, secure commitments, and scale collaborative impact across complex organizational networks.

This instructor-led, live workshop in Kenya (online or onsite) is designed for business professionals who wish to incorporate mindfulness into their work setting to enhance productivity, leadership capabilities, and overall well-being.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Grasp the science and foundational principles of mindfulness.
• Cultivate self-awareness to strengthen decision-making and leadership skills.
• Enhance concentration, productivity, and emotional intelligence.
• Effectively manage workplace stress, uncertainty, and high-pressure situations.
• Promote a positive and collaborative work culture.
• Utilize mindfulness techniques to boost creativity and problem-solving abilities.

This instructor-led, live training in Kenya (available online or on-site) targets managers and executives who wish to implement the right tools, skills, and methodologies to manage distributed teams.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Examine distributed leadership principles, structures, and key components to successfully establish a remote working environment.
• Cultivate trust, objectives, culture, and collaboration to foster a high-performing remote team.
• Leverage existing tools and technologies to enhance virtual communication and cooperation.
• Apply goal-setting and project management techniques to assess the performance of a remote team.

Audience

Managers, team leaders, and staff members who feel that:

• They are attending too many meetings
• Their time is being ‘stolen’ by other people
• They cannot get to the bottom of their day’s work because of a lack of planning, foresight or prioritisation

Format of the course

The course will be a highly-interactive combination of:

• Facilitated Discussions
• Slide Presentations
• Exercises and Case Studies

By the end of the course, delegates will be able to:

• Appreciate the need to manage meetings effectively – respecting the time pressures of those whom they invite to meetings
• Follow the standard processes for calling, managing and preparing the output of meetings
• Appreciate more widely some of the ways of managing themselves and their time more efficiently: to work smarter not harder…

Target Audience:

• All management roles.
• Accountable managers and holders of safety or risk positions.
• Experienced managers seeking to enhance their risk and safety management competencies.

Course Overview:

This programme delves into the key factors influencing decision-making during high-pressure situations. Crises amplify stress levels like no other scenario, and this course is designed to equip civil servants with the necessary tools to analyse complex scenarios and make sound decisions amidst uncertainty.
Adopting a holistic approach to managing complex systems, the course addresses how the current global pandemic has accelerated strategic changes across various sectors. It utilises proven methodologies to help civil servants navigate pressure effectively. Additionally, we will explore strategies to mitigate emerging threats, whether physical or digital. The curriculum includes high-profile case studies from diverse industries, which are collectively analysed and discussed from multiple perspectives by the participants.
Assessment techniques will be examined and applied to real-world scenarios. Delegates will evaluate crises and determine the optimal course of action given the constraints of limited information. This training empowers delegates with the confidence to engage directly with risk-based decisions within complex operating environments.
The course aligns with the Better Business Case methodology, the UK government’s best practice framework for helping civil servants develop spending proposals and make effective business decisions.

Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand the nature of complex systems and how to operate effectively within them.
• Identify strategies to mitigate the impact of new technologies on risk management plans.
• Strengthen the resilience of their risk management systems.

Course Format:

• Facilitated discussions and group interaction.
• Scenario-based presentations, briefings, and case study analysis.
• Breakout scenario workshops and group presentations.

The Stress Management & Resilience program is a hands-on course grounded in evidence-based techniques and reflective practices. It is designed to help participants effectively manage personal stressors, enhance their adaptability, and become more receptive to change and feedback.

This live, instructor-led training, available both online and onsite, caters to beginners eager to acquire practical tools for stress management. Participants will engage in reflective activities and build resilience to improve their work performance and better support their colleagues.

Upon completion of this program, participants will be able to:

• Implement simple, evidence-based techniques to alleviate acute stress and enhance daily wellbeing.
• Utilise practical strategies to address personal issues—such as health, finances, or other concerns—that impact work performance.
• Engage in reflective activities and experiential exercises to foster openness to change and feedback.
• Develop a personalised resilience action plan featuring concrete next steps and coping techniques.

Course Format

• Interactive short sessions that blend theoretical knowledge with practical application.
• Experiential activities, guided reflections, and brief role plays.
• Action planning exercises and short take-home practices scheduled between sessions.

Course Customisation Options

• Content can be tailored to suit various team cultures, specific stress triggers, or organisational contexts.

This instructor-led, live training (online or onsite) is aimed at professionals who wish to understand stress dynamics, learn practical strategies to manage stress, and implement techniques to enhance well-being in the workplace.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Identify personal and workplace stressors.
• Distinguish between productive and negative stress.
• Apply practical techniques to reduce and manage stress.
• Develop resilience through empowerment exercises.

This 1-on-1 live online training in Kenya is designed for anyone looking to bring greater structure and efficiency to their professional life.

Upon completion of this training, participants will be equipped to:

• Accomplish more in their personal lives.
• Take control of their schedule.
• Regain their concentration.
• Plan their week with greater effectiveness.
• Develop strategies for managing stress.