
This lecture will provide an overview of what you will learn throughout the course and why social innovation and social entrepreneurship is important.
This lecture will discuss what social innovation is and provide more examples and concepts to expound on the need to do social innovation.
This lecture will discuss the concept of Design Thinking and provide an overview of the different phases of the Design Thinking Process.
This lecture will provide a deep dive discussion and process guide to Phase 1 of the Design Thinking Process which is Listen and Observe.
This lecture will provide a deep dive discussion and process guide to Phase 2 (Part 1) of the Design Thinking Process which is Identify the Problem specific to the concept of Customer Persona.
This lecture will provide a deep dive discussion and process guide to Phase 2 (Part 2) of the Design Thinking Process which is Identify the Problem specific to the concept of How Might We Statements.
This lecture will provide a deep dive discussion and process guide to Phase 3 of the Design Thinking Process which is Generate Ideas and Select.
This lecture will provide a deep dive discussion and process guide to Phase 4 of the Design Thinking Process which is Build a Sample.
This lecture will provide a deep dive discussion and process guide to Phase 5 of the Design Thinking Process which is Test the Sample.
This lecture will guide you through your project to complete this course for which you will apply what you have learned in the previous lessons by filling out the provided "Innovation Guide" to help you create your own product or service offering or solution to your target customers or users addressing a particular problem.
This lecture will provide you a glimpse of the impact areas that your social venture can possibly touch on that would help us achieve our sustainability goals for the planet. This will also provide additional learning resources you can check to help you with your entrepreneurship journey.
This course will deep dive into the Design Thinking Concept and Process to help aspiring social entrepreneurs jumpstart their entrepreneurship journey. Each phase of the Design Thinking Process will be thoroughly discussed such that the students can apply the concept and execute the process themselves.
Towards the end of the course, in the Course Exercise section (Project Time), the students will be able to apply what they have learned from the lectures within the course through a guided project wherein they need to fill-out an "Innovation Guide" template provided. After completing this Innovation Guide, the students will have a clear idea already about the product or service offering or solution that they will work on for their target customers or users that is addressing a particular problem. The completed Innovation Guide will be a helpful reference as well for the students as they start their own social venture.
The following course contents will be available to the students:
Introduction
Introduction
Why do we need Social Innovation?
Design Thinking Process
Design Thinking Overview
Phase 1: Listen and Observe
Phase 2: Identify the Problem (Customer Persona)
Phase 2: Identify the Problem (How Might We Statements)
Phase 3: Generate Ideas and Select
Phase 4: Build a Sample
Phase 5: Test the Sample
Course Exercise
Project Time (with a downloadable "Innovation Guide" Template)
What’s Next?