Couse Description:
From Ideas to Action will show you how to generate creative ideas and bring those ideas to life, so that others can experience your vision of the future. In this course you will learn and practice three skills for moving from ideas to action:
1. The Art of Ideating: Go beyond brainstorming – learn techniques for coming up with innovative ideas
2. Rapid Prototyping: Make your ideas tangible, so you can gather feedback from others
3. Iterating Your Way Forward: Get results faster by evolving your idea to be more desirable, feasible, and viable
How it Works:
Watch short videos (1-5 minutes each) that explain IDEO’s methodologies
Learn how IDEO’s top design thinking practitioners have applied these techniques through video case studies
Connect with a global community of learners around provoking discussion questions, supported by IDEO U Community Guides
Practice key concepts through interactive activities
Apply what you learn to a project challenge
See and learn from how others approach their projects
Give feedback on your classmates’ ideas and get their input on yours
Get your questions answered live in office hours
Time Requirement:
The course is self-paced over five weeks: you decide how much time you want to invest based on your goals, which might be to:
Watch and reflect (30-60 minutes per week): Deepen your understanding through course videos and discussions
Practice (1-3 hours per week): Apply what you learn to activities and assignments
Create (you decide): Generate ideas and develop a prototype by applying course lessons to a project challenge
What You’ll Get:
A new skill set that will help you develop, prototype, and iterate impactful new products and services faster including:
Techniques for leading collaborative ideation sessions that capture the input of team members
The ability to build products or services faster with input from users and multiple stakeholders
Practice honing the priceless skill of making your ideas tangible
Input from a network of peers and IDEO U mentors that spans across industries and functions
A course toolkit (PDF) that captures the lessons of the course for you to apply throughout your career
Completed prototypes that you can share with others
A certificate and course badge to post to your professional network
