Leadership Through Design Innovation
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About this course: Today’s workplace calls for a new style of leadership to embolden and accelerate innovation. Design offers a novel way of discovering opportunities and bringing new approaches to life in ways that benefit all stakeholders. Learn how to engage with end users, effectively frame problems, identify potential solutions, and build prototypes to test assumptions and learn what works (and doesn’t). Then dive into a range of ways large and small to bring design innovation into your organization.
Created by:Â Â Â Northwestern University
Taught by:Â Â Â Â Elizabeth Gerber, Associate Professor, Co-director of the Research Cluster at the Segal Design Institute
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science (Segal Design Institute), School of Communication, Kellogg School of Management (by courtesy), School of Education and Social Policy (by courtesy)
Taught by:Â Â Â Â Pam Daniels, Design Innovator in Residence, Lecturer
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (Segal Design Institute)
Taught by:Â Â Â Â Ed Colgate, Allen and Johnnie Breed University Design Professor, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Director of the Engineering Design and Innovation Masters Program at the Segal Design Institute
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
Taught by:Â Â Â Â Greg Holderfield, Pentair - D. Eugene and Bonnie L. Nugent Clinical Associate Professor of Design, Director of the Segal Design Institute, Co-Director of the MMM Program
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science (Segal Design Institute)
Basic Info
Course 5 of 6 in the Organizational Leadership Specialization.
Commitment
3-4 hours/week
Language
English
How To Pass
Pass all graded assignments to complete the course.
Course 5 of Specialization
Successfully Lead in an Ever-Changing Business Environment. Master key strategies to successfully lead an organizational change effort in just five courses plus a final capstone project.
Organizational Leadership
Northwestern University
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Coursework
Each course is like an interactive textbook, featuring pre-recorded videos, quizzes and projects.
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About Northwestern University
Northwestern University is a private research and teaching university with campuses in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, and Doha, Qatar. Northwestern combines innovative teaching and pioneering research in a highly collaborative environment that transcends traditional academic boundaries.
Syllabus
WEEK 1
Using Design Principles to Innovate and Find Opportunities
You will learn that the first step in the design process is finding opportunities. Human-centered designers do so by immersing themselves in a particular user context to identify areas of focus for design innovation.Â
10 videos, 3 readings
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Graded: Finding Opportunities / Design Brief
WEEK 2
Exploring Ideas
How do we take the opportunities that we've uncovered and turn them into new possibilities? In this module we'll explore ideation, sketching, and storyboarding as tools to generate and communicate ideas.Â
3 videos, 1 reading
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Graded: Generating Ideas / Design Brief
WEEK 3
Prototyping to Learn
It is easy to think of prototypes as “drafts†of the final design, but in this module we’ll teach you to think of prototypes a bit differently: as tools for learning. We will discuss approaches for maximizing the amount that you learn from prototypes, and it...Â
6 videos
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Graded: Using Prototypes to Accelerate Learning / Design Brief
WEEK 4
Leading Design Innovation
How do you bring design innovation to your organization and sustain it over time? In this module we will learn theory and practical techniques to help you lead an organization that routinely produces innovative products, services, and systems.Â
6 videos, 2 readings
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Graded: Leading Design Innovation / Design Brief