Design Thinking Hack

Design Thinking Hack

Hackathons (hacks) are a proven problem-solving tool. And the marriage of hacks and Design Thinking is a sure way to generate innovation. In this 4-hour participatory workshop, students will work in multi-disciplinary teams to solve real world problems using Design Thinking.

Design Thinking is a methodology used to ideate, prototype and develop innovative solutions (which can take the form of products, services or processes).

Many industries apply Design Thinking and organizations such as Apple and Airbnb have wielded Design Thinking to notable effect.

By the end of the workshop, participants will:

• Understand the Design Thinking process

• Learn how to leverage Business Canvas

• Have first-hand experience with a Design Thinking hack and co-creating with an interdisciplinary team

• Recognize the benefits of Design Thinking as a tool for problem solving and innovation

• Understand empathy-mapping, UX (user experience) and rapid prototyping

Design Thinking skills are highly sought after by employers. Get a competitive advantage in the job market through this workshop by cultivating a solution-focused mindset and strengthening your problem solving, creativity, collaboration and communication skills.

Dr. Anita Nowak is an empathy expert, author and social impact coach. She also teaches Leadership and Social Entrepreneurship & Innovation at McGill, where she was awarded Professor of the Year by the Desautels Management Undergraduate Society in 2014. She served as Director of Operations for McGill’s Social Learning for Social Impact MOOC (Massive Open Online Course), led by Henry Mintzberg. Prior to that, she served the Desautels Faculty of Management as founding Director of the Social Economy Initiative. More recently she has been an advisor to the Jeanne Sauvé Foundation’s Public Leadership Program and the McConnell Foundation on RECODE. Anita is author of The Empaths Strike Back: Stories of Everyday Heroes Using Empathy to Change the World (forthcoming). Her first TEDx (The Power of Empathy) has reached 75K views and has been translated in 9 languages (and more coming).

This event is open to all currently registered Concordia undergraduate and graduate students.

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