Design Thinking, Social Innovation, and Complex Systems

Offered By: LinkedIn Learning

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Course Description

Overview

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Improve the human experience. Learn how to use design thinking to break down complex problems and solve social and environmental issues.

Syllabus

Introduction

Rethinking innovation

1. What Is Social Innovation?

A closer look at the elements of social innovation
Infusing your design thinking with systems thinking
Developing a conscious competence with the iceberg model
Working with the iceberg model
Leverage points in complex systems
Understanding nested systems
Design contributions to social innovation

2. Inclusivity and Justice

Where justice and design intersect
Understanding systems stories
Structural racism and design
Design and anti-racism
Equity-centered design
Design's relationship with belonging and becoming
Cultural competence

3. Capabilities and Design

Seeking the right goal: Measuring genuine progress
Three elements of a Moore’s Law of social innovation
Capabilities and four concepts of advantage
Ten core capabilities
Addressing disadvantage

Conclusion

Next steps

Taught by

Scott Boylston

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