Fostering Behavior Change for Better Health
How a patient-centered approach and tools from the private sector can greatly enhance global health programs that require changes in attitudes or behavior.
Design Thinking Innovations in solution-based design techniques that address social problems
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Peers Inc
Peers Inc explores how age-old concepts of capitalism, consumerism, and even ownership are taking on new meaning in today’s marketplace of the "sharing economy."
Going Lean
Supplements to the article “The Promise of Lean Experimentation.”
Turning Empathy into Action
How the nature of design thinking complements and strengthens collective impact frameworks.
When Will Design Get Serious About Impact?
To achieve sustained impact, designers should strive to shift the fundamental dynamics of development.
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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.