Stephen Kagwathi Githii

Helping Universities, NGOs & Businesses Build Customer-Centred Solutions

Stephen Kagwathi Githii is an international Design Thinking Coach and Learning Facilitator sitting at the intersection of empathy, innovation, and strategic management. He empowers organizations to move from technical complexity to user-validated solutions.

About Stephen Kagwathi Githii

Based at Africa Nazarene University's School of Business, Stephen works with executives, teams, and academic institutions who are ready to lead with clarity, empathy, and purpose. He is a passionate advocate of active, participatory learning where learners own their transformation journey.

Since 2017, Stephen has served as an international Senior Design Thinking Coach for Impact Week, leading multi-country experiential innovation bootcamps across emerging markets to develop native, context-aware frameworks.

Services & Expertise

• Move Teams from Fragmentation to Strategic Alignment: Designing structured strategy sessions that move boards, leadership teams, and cross-functional groups to shared operational alignment. Includes pre-workshop diagnostics and stakeholder interviews.
• Reduce Project Failure Through Customer-Centred Innovation (Design Thinking Sprints): Practical, hands-on design thinking sessions that solve real-world complex problems with user empathy and rapid validation loop.
• Discover What Customers Actually Need (Business Model Canvas & BMC Training): Stress-test enterprise and non-profit business models. Helping organizations use BMC and Value Proposition Design to align products with authentic market needs.
• Turn Strategic Theory into Leadership Habits: Designing contextual curriculum and experiential leadership journeys that translate academic strategy into daily active habits for enterprises, non-profits, and educational institutions.

Academic Credentials & Published Research

Stephen is an active researcher in knowledge management, sustainable business models, and agricultural supply chain innovation. His academic and postgraduate work includes:

• Roxbourg Institute of Social Entrepreneurship (2024): MBA in Professional Clean Innovation.
• Africa Nazarene University: Lecturer, Department of Business Administration.
• Published Research: Co-authored works and publications including "Small Businesses Response to Environmental Changes" (LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, ISBN: 978-3-330-03678-9, 2017) and studies on supply chain challenges in Kenya's smallholder agricultural sector.

What Partners & Alum Say

"Stephen's capability as a Senior Design Thinking Coach is outstanding. He led multiple workshop tracks for social innovation during Impact Week Kenya, ensuring teams build solutions validated by real community users."

— Impact Week Team

"Stephen facilitated an excellent Design Thinking workshop for EFAC, enabling our team to co-create sustainable support models for scholars. His professional mentorship is highly participatory."

— EFAC (Education For All Children) Director

"I experienced your great perspectives on education and learning as your student at ANU. You have directly and indirectly impacted many lives."

— Jonathan K., Alumnus