Systems change efforts that focus on boosting social capital and collective efficacy through building relationships within communities show promise. But do we have the patience to wait for them to work?
New Constellations works with communities to imagine new and better futures, starting with the renewal of Barrow-in-Furness in Great Britain.
Inclusive-design organizations are working to ensure that disabled kids are no longer prevented from playing with their peers.
The social enterprise Smart Focus grounds their solutions to China’s rural vision-care crisis in research.
While the pandemic has clarified some best practices for online trainings, centering participants requires a creative approach, a deep understanding of participants’ needs, and thoughtful work to be responsive and flexible.
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.
Design is a process especially suited to divergent thinking—the exploration of new choices and alternative solutions.
Social innovation needs people who know how to create lives filled with both success and purpose. It needs designers.
inGenius argues that we don’t look at everything in our environment as an opportunity for ingenuity—but that we should.
Few things are as important to an organization’s growth as great design.
