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Human-centered design begins with need-finding, as a clear understanding of the user’s needs is central to the design process. As our first design project focused on foreign concessions in Sierra Leone, I accompanied eight students from Rebooting Government on a week-long trip to Sierra Leone over spring break. Hosted by Simeon Koroma, the executive director…
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As outlined in a previous post, this quarter we are focused on Stanford based prototypes, including a spring course at the d.school. The course is split between two design projects (henceforth referred to as DP1 and DP2), the first working with a civil society leader in Sierra Leone and the second working with the city…
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We spent our fall quarter out in the field testing prototypes for the Governance Collaboratory in Kenya, South Africa, and Jamaica. These prototypes allowed us to test the value of design thinking for a range of governance challenges with a diverse set of local actors — technologists, civil society leaders, designers, and government officials. We…
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In the d.school this quarter we are using the principles of design thinking to explore what makes superfans so passionate about their heroes. Our field of study includes the fans of the Dale Earnhardt Sr, Michael Jordan and Stephen Colbert, with those learnings culminating in design principles and prototypes that will help a young athlete…
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One of the big questions we have been asking since starting our work is, “Which questions are amenable to design thinking and which are not, and why?” We wondered if certain types of governance problems are best addressed with alternative methods of problem solving, or how we should use the tools of design thinking differently…
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We’re now accepting applications for our d.fellowship program during the academic year 2013-14. The focus of the application process this year is to identify and select outstanding Edu*Innovators who will work with our d.K12 Lab Network. We’re looking for mid-career professionals and entrepreneurs with the passion and drive to make real change in education. If…
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We’re looking for a full time Finance and Talent Administrator to join our wayward team. Someone who is a… * financial transaction god/goddess and * human human resource wrangler and * lover of wheels and red couches Check out the job posting: http://stanford.io/12UjKVZ Stanford experience a plus… a heart for people a must.
Throughout our time thinking through the Governance Collaboratory, there is one question that has loomed perhaps above all others: how should we think about supporting innovation from inside government as compared to working with activists advocating change from the outside? We have scoped governance (i.e. our “problem space”) to include challenges that both sets of…
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Wondering how students around the world are taking on challenges using design thinking? Check out this recent video of d.school co-founder George Kembel describing a pop-up d.school experience he led in South Africa. This academic quarter George is partnering with Unreasonable at Sea, visiting cities all over the world and teaching design thinking.
The d.school is working with the University to re-imagine the experience of learning & living on-campus. Help design the future of Stanford for generations to come. Spring 2013 Tu / Th 10-12 ME 247 | 3 Units | C/NC David Kelley, d.school, IDEO Jon Feiber, d.school Scott Doorley, d.school Apply now : http://dschool.stanford.edu/at-stanford (It just takes a minute.) Applications…
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