Dear students,
Thank you again for taking part in our PDC. We were impressed by how quickly you picked up the different tools and the mindset of Design Thinking and had a lot of fun coaching you!
If you have any questions that have come to your mind since our workshop, e.g. on the Design Thinking programs at HPI or on making Design Thinking part of your career, or if you have comments or feedback for us, please feel free to reach out to us:
veronika.mohr.innovation@gmail.com
As promised, we also send you the slides (see attachment) and a small collection of follow-up links that you can use if you want to dive deeper into the Design Thinking world:
More background information, tools and cases studies
https://thisisdesignthinking.net/
https://www.ideou.com/pages/creative-confidence-podcast
https://www.centreforpublicimpact.org/design-thinking-in-policymaking/
https://ssir.org/articles/entry/when_to_use_user_centered_design_for_public_policy#
https://www.act.ipaa.org.au/brief-design-1
https://bsc.cid.harvard.edu/files/bsc/files/pdiatoolkit_ver_1_oct_2018.pdf
More information about Design Thinking education programs at HPI in Potsdam
https://hpi.de/en/school-of-design-thinking/hpi-d-school.html
-> María-José Juárez Rodríguez and Angela Galeano Colonia are Design Thinking Program Leads at HPI D-School and Hertie Alumna
Free Online Courses
https://open.hpi.de/courses?lang=en
https://www.plusacumen.org/courses
Other Online Courses
Overview of Government Innovation Labs
https://apolitical.co/pages/government-innovation-lab-directory
Critical Views on Persona-Method and explanations/ links to alternative methods (please note that this medium article expresses the views of the author on the different methods. We have not used all of the mentioned methods. We share this article because we think it gives you a good overview and interesting links for future research.)
https://medium.com/angi-studio/ditch-your-personas-here-are-17-alternatives-you-can-use-44a285840e5d
Wishing you all the best for your further studies,
Sarah & Veronika