Columbia Business Design Challenge
2022 challenge coming soon…
Toolkit
Design Thinking Overview:
Design Thinking for Social Innovation - IDEO
https://ssir.org/articles/entry/design_thinking_for_social_innovation
What is Design Thinking and Why is it So Popular?
Why Design Thinking Works - HBR
https://hbr.org/2018/09/why-design-thinking-works
History of Design Thinking - IDEO
https://designthinking.ideo.com/history
Columbia’s ELC (Entrepreneurship Leadership Consulting) Club
Club website - http://elc-columbia.weebly.com/
OR if you'd like some advice/feedback on designs reach out directly at columbia.elc@gmail.com
Step-by-Step Resources:
DIY Development Impact & You - https://diytoolkit.org/tools/
IDEO.org Toolkit - https://www.designkit.org/methods
Specific pages:
Framing your Problem - https://www.designkit.org/methods/frame-your-design-challenge
Secondary Research - https://www.designkit.org/methods/21
Primary Research - https://www.designkit.org/methods/interview
Expert Interviews - https://www.designkit.org/methods/expert-interview
How Might We - https://www.designkit.org/methods/3
Brainstorming ideas - https://www.designkit.org/methods/brainstorm-rules
Bundle Ideas - https://www.designkit.org/methods/30
Create a Concept - https://www.designkit.org/methods/create-a-concept
Rapid Prototyping - https://www.designkit.org/methods/rapid-prototyping
Define KPIs - https://www.designkit.org/methods/define-your-indicators
Keep Iterating - https://www.designkit.org/methods/keep-iterating
Explore Scalability - https://www.designkit.org/methods/explore-scalability
Create a Pitch - https://www.designkit.org/methods/create-a-pitch
Frameworks: General
Explore - Reframe - Generate - Prototype
Customer Discovery - Brainstorming - Testing - Development
Specific Frameworks:
Inspiration - Ideation - Implementation → IDEO
Empathize - Define - Ideate - Prototype - Test → d.school
Disruptive Insights - Future Vision - Experience Roadmap - Experience Design - Implementation → Designit
Money + Magic → Fahrenheit 212
Discover - Validate - Build → Bionic
Online Collaboration Tools:
Podcasts:
Podcasts are a fantastic way to learn about the role of design in our society, how design thinking is practiced by industry professionals, and also be able to a peek into some communities with which we may not have any familiarity or connection. Below are a few examples, but I encourage you to simply google “podcasts about ______” as you begin your deep dive research during the Explore phase.
City of the Future (Sidewalk Labs)
A podcast about the design of cities, including architecture, energy, city dwellers, transportation, and much more
Not sure where to start? Check out their most recent episode Flexible Streets
A podcast about the design of the built world we take for granted
There Goes the Neighborhood (WNYC)
A podcast about housing, gentrification, and marginalized communities
A podcast at the intersection of Business and Design