USING DESIGN THINKING TO BUILD HIGH PERFORMING ORGANIZATIONS IN AFRICA ENHANCED VIA COLLABATION AND TECHNOLOGY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Africa is poised to set the direction on what it means to engineer high performance organizations.   Organizations that ascend to high performance are collaborative, agile and leverage technology.  Design thinking has... [ view full abstract ]

Africa is poised to set the direction on what it means to engineer high performance organizations.   Organizations that ascend to high performance are collaborative, agile and leverage technology.  Design thinking has emerged as the premier organizational path to innovation and high-performance collaboration.  Collaboration is recognized as a viable strategy for addressing uncertain, complex, and wicked social problems. We conjecture that adopting design strategies is an important foundation for building successful collaborations.  Further, we propose collaborative technology is also critical for successful collaborations. This study explores collaboration from a design and technology perspective.