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Career Development: Creating an Action Plan with Design Thinking

Offered By: Skillshare

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Career Development Courses Design Thinking Courses Strategic Planning Courses Self-Awareness Courses

Course Description

Overview

Ready to unlock success in your career? It's time to plan. 

Join innovation expert Sarah Prevette for a fresh, modern approach to career planning — inspired by core ideas in design thinking. This 25-minute class is packed with examples, creative tips, and worksheets to help you develop a 3-step plan that plays to your experiences and strengths. 

Use these lessons as a springboard to action. You'll learn how to use the creative, user-first mindset of design thinking to foster greater self-awareness and develop a goal-oriented strategy. You'll gather real-life examples, and complete 3 exclusive, downloadable worksheets:

  • Self-Diagnostic evaluating your strengths, weaknesses, and motivations
  • Situational Analysis to assess key career stakeholders, starting with your boss
  • Strategic Action Plan with goals, skills, and traits you want to develop 

The class is entirely customizable to your needs. Whether you're just starting out, eager to make a switch, or looking to be more intentional with your next step, you'll build a plan for personal career success.

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Future Design School is a user experience, strategy and innovation lab. Leveraging our proprietary solution design methods, we enable individuals to deconstruct complex issues and implement their own innovative approaches.


Syllabus

  • Introduction
  • Why Design Thinking
  • Step 1: Self-Diagnostic
  • Step 2: Situational Analysis
  • Step 3: Create an Action Plan
  • Final Thoughts

Taught by

Sarah Prevette

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