Change Management

About these Facilitator Resources

While the Change Management story is available for self-directed learning on the webpage, a pack of supplementary resources is available to educators and facilitators to support your teaching and learning goals:

• Printable resources: The podcast transcript and quiz for students to engage with

• Slide deck: Ready for classroom use

• Studio activities: A series of student activities to engage with, step-by-step 

• Conceptual mapping: Shows Design Thinking Tools, Practices, and Mindsets (as per our Conceptual Framework) mapped to the Change Management story

• Additional links: Additional links to blog posts, videos and academic articles about Change Management

Other Resources contributed by our user community will be added over time. Would you like to add a resource? See how you can contribute to this story. 

How to use this story in your teaching

The resources and activities are based on the Change Management podcast and can be used or adapted as required and can be considered appropriate for students at the undergraduate level in any faculty or discipline

Learning Objectives

There are slightly different learning objectives for each of the resources: 

Change Management: Knowledge Check / Quiz Questions

• to demonstrate understanding of key human‑centred change management concepts, including organisational layers critical to change, the role of empathy, storytelling and communication, common pitfalls in design thinking, data‑gathering approaches, and the use of strategic structures and professional networks to support effective change initiatives.

Change Management: Dig Deeper Questions

• to critically analyse and apply human‑centred design principles to change management by demonstrating how empathy, organisational engagement, co‑creation, storytelling, strategic communication, iteration, and professional networks can be intentionally leveraged to design, communicate, and sustain meaningful organisational change initiatives.

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These resources are made available for free as Open Educational Resources under a Creative Commons license with the intention to provide Afrikan-centred teaching and learning tools for design thinking education. 

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