How design thinking influenced the Winter 2023 cohort experience

MAY 2, 2023

Congratulations to the second dESiGning ESG cohort for completing their 6-week learning journey in February 2023!

Not only did this dynamic group of professionals increase their knowledge about ESG and design thinking, they reaped the benefit of ‘design thinking’ by program creators Karen Malone and Rebecca Black, who had actively sought critical feedback from participants in the original prototype of the program.

Acting on user stories and insights, Rebecca and Karen made several format changes with a view to improving the program experience for the 2nd cohort.

One key change was building in more time for group reflection and in-session feedback. They observed how this adaptation sparked engaged, insightful and generous behaviour from participants, and received glowing reviews from the cohort about the interpersonal and community-building format.

If you’re curious about how to use a prototyping approach, and key insights from Karen and Rebecca’s dESiGning ESG prototyping experience, read more here.