The Census Solutions Workshop is based on design thinking methodology. A common practice in the technology and business world, design thinking is a user-centered approach that has been increasingly adopted across the public sector to create impactful solutions to social challenges. It focuses more on action than on This approach is used to take on thought, forcing you to walk things like designing the classroom of the through scenarios and create future, creating more user-friendly hospi- real prototypes of ideas. tals, or ensuring that critical resources get It helps you visualize many ideas to people living in poverty. We can use this and thought streams so you can approach to help solve census start to recognize themes. challenges, too. It allows a safe space for partici- The Census Solutions Workshop uses de- pants to think outside the box . sign thinking to activate diverse people It helps participants turn off their and organizations to solve challenges together in a hyper-interactive way. and allow a plethora of “filter” ideas to be generated. (Even This tends to be a lot more effective than the more eccentric ideas will traditional brainstorming. help inspire and unleash creativity, leading to big breakthroughs.)
The Census Solutions Workshop is based on design thinking methodology. A common practice in the technology and business world, design thinking is a user-centered approach that has been increasingly adopted across the public sector to create impactful solutions to social challenges. This approach is used to take on things like designing the classroom of the future, creating more user-friendly hospi- tals, or ensuring that critical resources get to people living in poverty. We can use this approach to help solve census challenges, too. The Census Solutions Workshop uses de- sign thinking to activate diverse people and organizations to solve challenges together in a hyper-interactive way. This tends to be a lot more effective than traditional brainstorming. It focuses more on action than on thought, forcing you to walk through scenarios and create real prototypes of ideas. It helps you visualize many ideas and thought streams so you can start to recognize themes. It allows a safe space for partici- pants to think outside the box . It helps participants turn off their “filter” and allow a plethora of ideas to be generated. (Even the more eccentric ideas will help inspire and unleash creativity, leading to big breakthroughs.)