Design Thinking: Idea Generation Activities

Stage: Exploration and researching

Audience: Administrators & Supervisors

Summary

Design thinking, a human-centered approach to problem-solving, can help program
designers understand the unique challenges and opportunities faced by student
employees. By empathizing with students, defining the problem, ideating potential solutions, prototyping ideas, and testing them with students and student employee supervisors, program designers can create a program that is innovative, effective, and sustainable. The following resource details a number of idea generation activities that can be leveraged as part of the design thinking process.

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How to use this resource

Download the idea generation activities and review.
As you are considering how you will facilitate this portion of your design thinking session or process, choose the activities from this resource that will support your process.
You may use more than one of the activities in your design thinking process.

Created: Apr 25, 2024

Updated: May 17, 2024

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