Leadership Through Design Innovation (Coursera)

Course 5 of 6 in the Organizational Leadership Specialization.

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.

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.

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 iterating your way rapidly toward outstanding results.

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.