Design Thinking
Cool Carts
Cooling innovation helps food hawkers who cannot afford conventional refrigeration.
Design Thinking Innovations in solution-based design techniques that address social problems
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Design Thinking Misses the Mark
Design thinking has failed to deliver on its promise to solve the world’s thorniest social challenges. Adopting a critical design stance can help designers serve communities, rather than their own methodology.
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Designing for Better Mental Health Policy
Why building capacity for design into mental health policymaking will produce more effective services.
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Iterative A/B Testing for Social Impact: Rigorous, Rapid, Regular
How organizations can close the gap between measurement and implementation
Making Behavioral Science Work for Conservation
At its core, conservation is about behavior change. Yet few organizations have put in place the structure, standards, and accountability needed to apply behavioral science effectively.
Protecting Heritage in Wartime
The Ark for Ukraine project is a groundbreaking mission to preserve Ukrainian culture using mobile technology.
Three Whys, Three Times
A simple but powerful exercise for teams of all sizes and types.
Assessing the Equitable Inclusion of Marginalized Workers
Four lessons from a Los Angeles hospital's effort to shift power to community health promoters.
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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.