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Your Project

What's your better idea?

Your Project: Outline

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Project: Part One

Create a rapid prototype

Project: Part Two

Test your prototype

Project: Part Three

Re-adjust your idea and go for it!

How To

Guides to help you figure things out.

Stories from rising leaders

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Design Thinking with Michael Kennedy

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Selecting Your Topic

Choosing a good topic for a project can be challenging, but here are some steps to make the decision just a bit less overwhelming. Identify...

Further Exploration

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Canada at a Crossroads: Democracy, Responsibility, and the Choices We Make (Lesson)

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Quick takes on how to bring prototyping into policy-making

Sub-Category: Prototyping Source: Medium File Type: Guide Overview: How to bring prototyping into policy making Web Link: https://medium.com/legal-design-and-innovation/quick-takes-on-how-to-bring-prototyping-into-policy-making-cc720f306d93

How To Go From Idea To Prototype In One Day

Bias: Centre Right Sub-Category: Prototyping Source: Fast Company File Type: Article Overview: How to take an idea and create a prototype in one day Web Link: https://www.fastcompany.com/3045934/how-to-go-from-idea-to-prototype-in-one-day

In the perpetual quest for the secret to happiness, scientists butted heads until they...

Bias: Centre Source: The Globe and Mail File Type: Essay/Research Overview: In the perpetual quest for the secret to happiness, scientists butted heads until they found an answer Web Link: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-scientists-pursuit-of-happiness-debate/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=Morning%20Update&utm_content=2024-10-11_6&utm_term=Morning%20Update%3A%20Playing%20nice%20this%20Thanksgiving&utm_campaign=newsletter&cu_id=bZnKMoBYEqn1yUkTzfoe4%2BPSvjxFhJPIuOC0qZ57Bs0%3D

Indigenous Storytelling as Research

Indigenous Storytelling as Research Sub-Category: Research & Reference Source: Research Gate File Type: Resource Overview: Why Indigenous storytelling should be used for formal research Web Link: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/270548019_Indigenous_Storytelling_as_Research

I hated writing—until I learned there’s a science to it

Bias: none Source: Science File Type: Essay Overview: I hated writing—until I learned there’s a science to it Web Link: https://www.science.org/content/article/i-hated-writing-until-i-learned-there-s-science-it

Using the RAFT Writing Strategy

The RAFT Writing Strategy Source: Read Write Think File Type: Strategy Overview: The RAFT guide to writing Web Link: https://www.readwritethink.org/professional-development/strategy-guides/using-raft-writing-strategy

Reflections

Michael Kennedy

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Further Considerations

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Chapters

Chapter One

The System of Things

Chapter Two

The Context of It All

Chapter Three

We Don’t Know What We Don’t Know

Chapter Four

Hard Stuff is Hard

Chapter Five

Here’s How

Chapter Six

Your Turn

Chapter Seven

Dig Deeper

Chapter Eight

Be Better

Chapter Nine

Own Your Hypocrisy

Chapter Ten

Keep Going

Chapter Eleven

One Last Thing

Chapter Twelve

The End (of the Beginning)