W.A.S.T.E Approach to Sustainability for Design Thinkers

Course Dates

Course Objectives:

This course encourages the use of artificial intelligence to identify and examine sustainability opportunities, complemented by appreciating emerging trends in design thinking and innovation management, to apply WMRAS’s W.A.S.T.E design thinking approach to solutionize, engage stakeholders, and lead change in the organization’s endeavors towards sustainability goals.

Course Content:

Course Learning Outcomes:

• LO1: Determine underlying problem statements behind inadequate achievement of sustainability goals through synthesizing information from different sources and stakeholders
• LO2: Adopt and/or adapt latest trends in design thinking and innovation management, especially WMRAS’s W.A.S.T.E approach to examine resource and project management practised by own businesses/enterprises
• LO3: Apply WMRAS’s W.A.S.T.E approach to effectively lead design thinking projects related to achieving own business’s/enterprise’s sustainability goals

Minimum Entry Requirement:

• Middle managers and/or supervisors holding full-time or concurrent roles in waste management and recycling within their own and/or their clients’ premises
• Could be performing other functions (for example, retail, facilities, property management, operations, sustainability and Environment, Health & Safety (EHS), etc.)
• Should possess a basic understanding of waste management, recycling, sustainability
• Appointed or to-be-appointed Zero Waste Managers