Mission Led Innovation: Designing a Sustainable Future

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Mission Led Innovation: Designing a Sustainable Future

Instructeur : Nick de Leon

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9 modules

Obtenez un aperçu d'un sujet et apprenez les principes fondamentaux.

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3 semaines à compléter

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9 modules

Obtenez un aperçu d'un sujet et apprenez les principes fondamentaux.

niveau Débutant

Aucune connaissance prérequise

3 semaines à compléter

à 10 heures par semaine

Planning flexible

Apprenez à votre propre rythme

Compétences que vous acquerrez

Catégorie : Innovation
Catégorie : Sustainable Development
Catégorie : Prototyping
Catégorie : Research and Design
Catégorie : Systems Thinking
Catégorie : Social Impact
Catégorie : Human Centered Design
Catégorie : Scalability
Catégorie : Solution Design
Catégorie : Business Architecture
Catégorie : Creativity
Catégorie : Design Thinking
Catégorie : Environmental Issue
Catégorie : Sustainable Design

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Welcome to Mission Led Innovation, a course designed to expand your ability to create impactful, future‑focused solutions to today’s most urgent environmental and societal challenges. Developed by leading academics and practitioners from Imperial College London and the Royal College of Art, and produced by Imperial's Learning Experience Futures team and Digital Media Lab, this course brings together world‑class expertise in design, technology, and enterprise. You will explore the principles, processes, and tools of interdisciplinary, Mission Led Innovation, and apply these new approaches to research, design, prototype, and deliver scalable solutions for people, planet, and nature.

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2 vidéos7 lectures

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1 vidéo9 lectures2 sujets de discussion

1 vidéoTotal 10 minutes

The Six Stages of Innovation10 minutes

9 lecturesTotal 90 minutes

Unit 1: Overall Process10 minutes
Description and Learning Outcomes10 minutes
Case-study: Loowatt10 minutes
The Six Stages of Innovation10 minutes
Match the phase with its characteristic10 minutes
Empathy is at the Core of Mission Led Innovation10 minutes
Unit 1 Takeaways10 minutes
Preparing for Unit 2...10 minutes
Unit 1 References10 minutes

2 sujets de discussionTotal 20 minutes

How do your powers of observation, deduction and creative intuition compare?10 minutes
Sustainable Development Goal Discussion10 minutes

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4 vidéos22 lectures1 sujet de discussion

4 vidéosTotal 22 minutes

The Bridge Lecture 4 minutes
Frameworks and Tools5 minutes
Interview with Joachin Horn 9 minutes
Defining the Scope3 minutes

22 lecturesTotal 220 minutes

Unit 2: Define the Scope10 minutes
Description and Learning Outcomes10 minutes
Design a Bridge 10 minutes
Design a Bridge Solutions10 minutes
Hitch-Hiking Ideas10 minutes
Who are we designing for and why? 10 minutes
Conclusion 10 minutes
Identifying a Problem Worth Solving10 minutes
Self-Directed Projects - How do I get Started?10 minutes
A Case Study of a Self-Directed Project: Innovating Water10 minutes
Tools Introduction10 minutes
Global Shifts Tool10 minutes
PESTEL Analysis10 minutes
Test your Understanding of the PESTEL Analysis Tool10 minutes
Research Canvas10 minutes
Getting the Scope of the Project Right10 minutes
Scoping Statement Tool10 minutes
Scoping Statement Template Example10 minutes
Applying to your Own Self-Directed Project10 minutes
Outcomes of the Scoping Phase10 minutes
Unit 2 Takeaways10 minutes
Preparing for Unit 3...10 minutes

1 sujet de discussionTotal 10 minutes

Reflection10 minutes

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5 vidéos19 lectures2 sujets de discussion

5 vidéosTotal 39 minutes

Research Methods9 minutes
Using Personas7 minutes
Journey Mapping7 minutes
Stakeholder Analysis4 minutes
Interview with Yusuf Muhammad, Founder of of Plumis12 minutes

19 lecturesTotal 190 minutes

Unit 3: Understand10 minutes
Description and Learning Outcomes10 minutes
The Understand Phase10 minutes
Innovating Water: Case Study to Illustrate the Understand Phase10 minutes
Understanding People and Their Context (for review)10 minutes
Loowatt Case Study10 minutes
Create a Persona10 minutes
Journey Mapping10 minutes
Plot a User Journey10 minutes
Stakeholder Analysis10 minutes
Stakeholder Analysis Mapping10 minutes
Ways to Categorise and Group Stakeholders10 minutes
Create your own Stakeholder Map10 minutes
Re-examining the Loowatt Case Study10 minutes
Mapping the System10 minutes
Applying the Tools to Your Self-Directed Project10 minutes
Introducing an Empathetic Innovator10 minutes
Unit 3 Takeaways10 minutes
Preparing for Unit 4...10 minutes

2 sujets de discussionTotal 20 minutes

Relfection 10 minutes
Reflection on the Understand Phase10 minutes

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3 vidéos20 lectures1 devoir

3 vidéosTotal 40 minutes

Interview with Daniel Becerra14 minutes
Interview with Matthew Holloway, Formerly CEO of Q-Bot13 minutes
How to Apply all of These Tools12 minutes

20 lecturesTotal 200 minutes

Unit 4: Introduction to Focus Phase10 minutes
Description and Learning Outcomes10 minutes
Buffalo Grid Case Study10 minutes
Introducing an Empathetic Innovator10 minutes
Jobs to be Done10 minutes
Step 1. Identify the Target Users 10 minutes
Step 2. Focus on the Jobs They Want to Do10 minutes
Step 3. Framing the Problem and Seeing the Challenges as Opportunities10 minutes
Step 4: Mission Statement10 minutes
Share Your Project10 minutes
Theory of Change10 minutes
Theory of Change Tool10 minutes
Step 5: The Design Brief10 minutes
The Design Brief Case Study: Q-Bot10 minutes
Introduction to an Empathetic Innovator 10 minutes
How to Apply all of These Tools10 minutes
Applying the Learning to Your Self-Directed Project10 minutes
Reflection10 minutes
Unit 4 Takeaways10 minutes
Preparing for Unit 5...10 minutes

1 devoirTotal 20 minutes

How to Apply all of These Tools Knowledge Check20 minutes

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6 vidéos24 lectures

6 vidéosTotal 43 minutes

Introduction to the Ideation Activity8 minutes
3. Brainstorming5 minutes
4. Co-creating or 'serious play'5 minutes
5. Parallel Worlds5 minutes
6. Headline Writing and Backcasting6 minutes
Interview with Professor Adam Sutcliffe14 minutes

24 lecturesTotal 240 minutes

Unit 5: Introduction to Ideate Phase10 minutes
Description and Learning Outcomes10 minutes
Creating the Right Conditions for Ideation10 minutes
Introduction to the Techniques10 minutes
1. Alternative Worlds10 minutes
2. Crazy 8s10 minutes
3. Brainstorming - Activity10 minutes
4. Co-creating or 'serious play' - Reflection10 minutes
5. Parallel Worlds - Reflection10 minutes
6. Headline Writing and Backcasting - Reflection10 minutes
Organising and Selecting the Best Ideas10 minutes
Idea Voting10 minutes
New customer or User experience10 minutes
Translating the Concept into a Potential Solution10 minutes
Storyboarding10 minutes
Wireframes10 minutes
Prototype and test10 minutes
Body-storming10 minutes
Minimum Level of Prototyping10 minutes
From Concept to Proposition10 minutes
Concept Capture 10 minutes
Applying the Learning to your Own Self-Directed Project10 minutes
Introduction with an Empathetic Innovator10 minutes
Unit 5 takeaways10 minutes

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4 vidéos12 lectures1 sujet de discussion

4 vidéosTotal 40 minutes

Prototyping and Testing11 minutes
Interview with Virginia Gardiner, Founder and CEO of Loowatt14 minutes
Value Proposition5 minutes
Business Model Innovation10 minutes

12 lecturesTotal 120 minutes

Unit 6: Introduction to the Refine Phase10 minutes
Description and Learning Outcomes10 minutes
Importance of Prototyping10 minutes
Mitigating Risk and Learning10 minutes
What Should I Be Testing?10 minutes
Introduction to an Empathetic Innovator10 minutes
Value Proposition10 minutes
Value Proposition Template10 minutes
Designing the Business Model10 minutes
Understanding the Business Model Canvas10 minutes
Applying the Tools to your own Self-Directed Project10 minutes
Unit 6 takeaways10 minutes

1 sujet de discussionTotal 10 minutes

Reflection10 minutes

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4 vidéos25 lectures

4 vidéosTotal 29 minutes

Blueprinting5 minutes
Case Study: Ananas Anam and its founder Dr Carmen Hijosa2 minutes
Interview with Carmen Hijosa15 minutes
Building a New Business Venture7 minutes

25 lecturesTotal 250 minutes

Unit 7: Introduction to Implement Phase10 minutes
Description and Learning Outcomes10 minutes
Introduction to Blueprinting Part 1: Delivering the Proposition10 minutes
What are Blueprints and how do you create one?10 minutes
Examples and blueprints10 minutes
Summarising blueprinting10 minutes
How to Decide on the Best Business Plan Model10 minutes
What's the optimal type of business to deliver this solution?10 minutes
So what could possibly go wrong?10 minutes
Moving from prototype to pilots10 minutes
And then you need to consider how to scale up your solution.10 minutes
Developing your business plan10 minutes
Case Study: Ananas Anam and its founder Dr Carmen Hijosa10 minutes
Learn more about Ananas Anam10 minutes
Interview with Carmen Hijosa10 minutes
Venture Building10 minutes
Creating the Management and Organisational Structure10 minutes
1. Building the Implementation Team10 minutes
2. Developing a Deployment Plan 10 minutes
3. Evolving the solution 10 minutes
4. Leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IOT) 10 minutes
Summary of Management and Organisational Structure10 minutes
Why do I need to write a business plan?10 minutes
Summary of the Business Planning Section10 minutes
Unit 7 Takeaways10 minutes

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1 vidéo4 lectures1 devoir

Instructeur

Nick de Leon

Imperial College London

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