Constructing the Case for Impact Investment
What social entrepreneurs need to be thinking about when approaching impact investors and making the pitch for investment capital.
Innovations in solution-based design techniques that address social problems (more)
What social entrepreneurs need to be thinking about when approaching impact investors and making the pitch for investment capital.
Social innovation needs people who know how to create lives filled with both success and purpose. It needs designers.
Design is a process especially suited to divergent thinking—the exploration of new choices and alternative solutions.
Organizations can take some practical steps to harness the power of design to build a strong brand.
Few things are as important to an organization’s growth as great design.
Jocelyn Wyatt, social innovation lead at IDEO, describes her organization's efforts to use design thinking, a problem-solving system that is grounded in a client's or costumer's needs.
CEO Joel Sadler about the company’s initial product,an artificial knee joint that is dramatically changing the lives of amputees in developing countries
How can you leverage the power of design thinking and psychological research with practical tools and strategies to get your social enterprise off the ground? In this university podcast, sponsored by the Stanford Center for Social Innovation, Stanford Graduate School of Business marketing professor Jennifer Aaker introduces the "dragonfly effect" model to illustrate how technology can be used to support business and social missions.
The Design of Business: Why Design Thinking Is the Next Competitive Advantage by Roger L. Martin