Conflict Aid Goes “Lean”
Iterative design methods are essential to development work—even (or especially) in regions marked by war and violence.
Design Thinking Innovations in solution-based design techniques that address social problems
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Innovation Labs: 10 Defining Features
A closer look at what characterizes an innovation lab can help practitioners, funders, and scholars better understand what labs’ potential and limits might be, as well as better assess the social impact that comes out of the them.
Networked Impact: This is Not Your Grandfather’s Coalition
The 100Kin10 effort to increase the number of STEM teachers in America’s classrooms offers insights into an emerging model for social change.
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Designers’ Evolving Roles in Government
How can the public sector create a culture that's friendly to human-centered design?
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Diving In: Nonprofits, NGOs, and Design
A dialogue about how nonprofits can do a better job integrating design thinking into their work.
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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.