{"id":6267,"date":"2021-01-13T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-13T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/innovationhub\/?p=6267"},"modified":"2024-06-20T15:24:54","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T19:24:54","slug":"using-design-thinking-mindsets-for-rapid-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/innovationhub\/using-design-thinking-mindsets-for-rapid-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Design Thinking Mindsets For Rapid Change"},"content":{"rendered":"
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With restrictions in place in many of our communities being flexible and responsive to new ideas has become essential. By finding creative ways to work around limitations, design thinking has come to the forefront. Organizations (like the Innovation Hub) are using design thinking to solve their own unique set of challenges, and nurture mindsets that inspire change. Since the lockdown, our Leadership Team has been navigating and responding to internal challenges in new ways and are continuing to do so \u2013 many of which are explored in this post.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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In our work, we foster and inspire change in two major ways. Our inner community or \u2018sphere\u2019 includes our designated project teams and the individuals we work with daily – where design thinking happens in real-time. We also have an outer community or \u2018sphere\u2019 – this is the area where we work closely with UofT partners and community members. This model reinforces our understanding that the value we provide to our partners is contingent on the value of the experience we provide our student staff and volunteers. You can learn more about our models and theories of change here<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When we want to create change taking a step back and knowing where to begin is vital. We need to reflect on the challenges we continue to experience in order to get to core values and needs. By doing this, we can then begin adopting a design thinking mindset.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Challenges Working Virtually as a Team <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

There were four major challenges recognized by our Leadership Team during a group brainstorming session. Through a series of questions, we considered what sort of challenges and moments of success have occurred since working virtually as a team. Some core challenges we named were time management<\/strong>, communication & engagement<\/strong>, accountability<\/strong> and team rapport:<\/strong>  <\/p>\n\n\n

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