Design Thinking for the Greater Good: Innovation in the Social Sector by University of Virginia (Coursera)

The Batten Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business created this Course. It is aimed at those who work in the nonprofit or social sector and are looking for insights into effective approaches for identifying and solving problems that society faces today. Often, social service organizations struggle to meet the demands of the people they serve and are unable to find new and inventive solutions to difficult situations. This Design Thinking training demonstrates how and why human-centered design is an effective technique for addressing such issues. This course covers design thinking ideas that can assist to reframe challenges, ideate potential solutions, and iterate towards better answers, whether you work in education, health care, or government - at any organizational level.

Design thinking is rapidly being used in the social sectors around the world to address difficult educational, medical, agricultural, security, and transportation concerns. Such tales are shared in this course to demonstrate how collaborative creativity can assist even the most entrenched bureaucracy arrive at novel solutions. It explains to managers why including design thinking in their organization's arsenal is critical for success.

This four-module course is organized around four questions: what is, what if, what wows, and what works. Each lesson focuses on the skills, processes, and mentality required to employ design thinking to unearth innovative and creative social solutions.

Key Highlights

• Learn what design thinking is and how to use it to address major social issues
• Prepare to see and take action when opportunity arises
• Learn to understand the problem you’re trying to solve, generate testable ideas and make small bets quickly
• Understand how to take the many ideas you generate and determine which ones are likely to produce specific, desired outcomes

Duration : 4 weeks, 2-4 hours per week

Google Rating : 4.6/5.0

Enroll here: coursera.org/learn/uva-darden-design-thinking-social-sector