Government Innovation in Child Welfare
The federal government is empowering states to improve child welfare systems using design-thinking and other innovative approaches.
The federal government is empowering states to improve child welfare systems using design-thinking and other innovative approaches.
In The Social Labs Revolution, Zaid Hassan argues in favor of an experimental, rather than a planning-based, approach to today's challenges.
In London, the YMCA is combining prefab construction with stylish design to create a new kind of affordable home.
An emerging method for enabling innovation focuses not on plans or projects, but on broad social challenges.
A new community justice system in Liberia emerges from a design-thinking approach.
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.
Both human-centered and systems-thinking methods fit within an effective design approach, and can work in conjunction to address social challenges.
Design is a process especially suited to divergent thinking—the exploration of new choices and alternative solutions.
Principles and tactics for creating strategic convenings that foster meaningful interaction and outcomes.
An ethical framework can bridge the worlds of startup technology and international development to strengthen cross-sector innovation in the social sector.