The characteristics of the new era are not entirely clear, and its implications are not yet consolidated. However, some of its elements are shaping the current reality. There are different dimensions that, from this perspective of sustainability, cannot be ignored in the analysis of a development model:
Added to all this is the human dimension of development as a completely new perspective, a revolutionary way of redefining our conventional approach to development. Rather than waste of development, human beings can finally become its main object and subject, not a forgotten economic abstraction but a living operational reality, not helpless victims or slaves of development processes themselves, but their masters. |
The design thinking approach emphasizes on the rapid prototyping of a solution for a quick feedback and review whether to continue with the development or alter specific elements to adjust to what actually the need to be addressed is. So, having the right design thinking tools tailored to mentors or investors who support social entrepreneurs are of great importance for the early stage of incubation of an idea, especially when expecting a high impact, whether societal, environmental, or economic.
The schema of the design thinking process is presented in your right Our Consortium developed a Survey aiming to find out to what extent the coaches were familiar with the design thinking process and to see what skills they lacked to be able to implement their activities through this method. As you can see in the example in your right not all answers were equally clear. The DTi2 Toolkit aims at producing a high-impact structured and empathetic model for mentors to embed within their instruments in better supporting social entrepreneurs in developing their ideas at an early stage, while focusing on the commercial side of their enterprises rather than just on impact. The Erasmus+ project i2SustainIT presumes that having the right design thinking tools tailored to mentors to support social entrepreneurs are of great importance for the early stage of incubation of an idea, especially when expecting a high impact, whether societal, environmental, economic. |
The Impact Incubator for Nurturing Sustainability /i2 SustainIT/ Project No. 2019-1-UK01-KA204-061873 has been co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union.
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