Designing for Change and Impact

Price: $300.00
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Format: Babson On-Demand™

In today’s dynamic and complex world, innovation starts with understanding people. This self-directed course introduces design thinking as a human-centered, action-oriented approach to problem-solving that helps individuals and organizations imagine bold futures and create real change.

 

You will learn how to envision meaningful impact, cultivate empathy, reframe problems as opportunities, and ideate rapidly, building a foundation for innovative thinking that can be applied across any industry or role. Through interactive exercises and real-world examples, you will explore how to test and strengthen ideas through iterative experimentation, aligning solutions with what’s desirable, feasible, and viable.

 

By the end of the course, you will be able to apply design-thinking principles across contexts and industries, turning insight into action and developing solutions that meet real-world needs.

  • Learn to apply design thinking principles to solve complex problems creatively
  • Cultivate empathy to better understand stakeholder needs and challenges
  • Reframe problems as opportunities to inspire innovative solutions
  • Utilize rapid ideation and iterative experimentation to strengthen ideas
  • Align solutions with desirability, feasibility, and viability for real-world impact
  • Aspiring entrepreneurs with a new venture entrepreneurship idea
  • Entrepreneurs who want to take their business to the next level
  • Executives looking to grow their entrepreneurial mindset to innovate in their current role
  • Professionals looking to expand their skill set across industries and functionalities
  • Recognition and Credentialing: A digital badge that serves as verifiable proof of learning and achievement, which can be displayed on platforms such as LinkedIn and included on your resume and portfolio
  • Course Content and Learning Outcomes: You gain industry-relevant knowledge, practical skills, and frameworks designed for professionals seeking career advancement or specialization
  • Flexibility: Our self-paced digital courses allow flexibility for busy executives and professionals
  • Expert Instruction: Experienced faculty, industry leaders, and professionals with real-world expertise teach our courses
  • Networking Opportunities: You gain access to a network of peers, alumni, and industry professionals.
  • Assessments and Engagement: To earn a credential for completing this course, you must complete assignments, quizzes, case studies, and/or interactive projects

Upon completion of this course you will earn a digital badge.

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Craig Bida

Craig Bida

Professor of Entrepreneurship

Professor Craig Bida’s work and teaching focuses on how people can turn ideas into real-world applications that create tangible impact. He is currently the Director of the FutureLab on Mobility, a collaboration between the Toyota Mobility Foundation and Babson College that seeks to create economic and social progress by collaborating across the sectors on cutting edge, community-centric mobility solutions. He is also the Founder and CEO of Think Design Disrupt, a purpose-driven brand-building consultancy that designs, reimagines, and activates brands to create world-changing social and environmental impact.