Boulevards and Beltlines
How citizens can push back against urban sprawl and create vibrant, interconnected communities.
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Design Thinking Innovations in solution-based design techniques that address social problems
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Three Keys to Unlocking Systems-Level Change
Developing a systems mindset, identifying the right tool for the job, and paying attention to human dynamics can help leaders move from theory to action when facing complex social problems.
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An Everyone Culture: Becoming a Deliberately Developmental Organization
An Everyone Culture argues that organizations do best when they build an environment that encourages constant personal development among their employees.
Government Goes Agile
Helping US federal agencies design inexpensive, user-centered technology products is the mission of an unsung team of developers. Includes video extras.
Human-Centered Design for the Voting Experience
IDEO brings a human-centered design lens to voting in Los Angeles County—and finds compelling opportunities to increase participation nationally.
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Design Thinking for Social Innovation
By working closely with the clients and consumers, design thinking allows high-impact solutions to social problems to bubble up from below rather than being imposed from the top.
Human-Centered, Systems-Minded Design
Both human-centered and systems-thinking methods fit within an effective design approach, and can work in conjunction to address social challenges.
Why Social Innovators Need Design Thinking
Design is a process especially suited to divergent thinking—the exploration of new choices and alternative solutions.
Convening by Design
Principles and tactics for creating strategic convenings that foster meaningful interaction and outcomes.
The Ethics of Innovation
An ethical framework can bridge the worlds of startup technology and international development to strengthen cross-sector innovation in the social sector.