Career Development: Creating an Action Plan with Design Thinking
Sarah Prevette, Entrepreneur & Speaker
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Introduction
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Why Design Thinking
3:29 -
Step 1: Self-Diagnostic
7:23 -
Step 2: Situational Analysis
5:37 -
Step 3: Create an Action Plan
5:04 -
Final Thoughts
3:32
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About This Class
Ready to unlock success in your career? It's time to plan.
Join innovation expert Sarah Prevette for a fresh, modern approach to career planning — inspired by core ideas in design thinking. This 25-minute class is packed with examples, creative tips, and worksheets to help you develop a 3-step plan that plays to your experiences and strengths.
Use these lessons as a springboard to action. You'll learn how to use the creative, user-first mindset of design thinking to foster greater self-awareness and develop a goal-oriented strategy. You'll gather real-life examples, and complete 3 exclusive, downloadable worksheets:
- Self-Diagnostic evaluating your strengths, weaknesses, and motivations
- Situational Analysis to assess key career stakeholders, starting with your boss
- Strategic Action Plan with goals, skills, and traits you want to develop
The class is entirely customizable to your needs. Whether you're just starting out, eager to make a switch, or looking to be more intentional with your next step, you'll build a plan for personal career success.
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Future Design School is a user experience, strategy and innovation lab. Leveraging our proprietary solution design methods, we enable individuals to deconstruct complex issues and implement their own innovative approaches.
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Great. Clear, useful, practical... great!
The downloadable exercises are such a great help! Getting your action on paper is key!
Very to the point and well laid out plan towards setting yourself up to develop far better work habits, as well as, help yourself excel in the workplace
"Fall in love with the problem you're solving--not the solution."
SARAH PREVETTE has a long history of innovative product development. A serial entrepreneur, she was the founder of well-known online properties Sprouter and BetaKit (acquired) and the co-founder of BrandProject LP - an investment firm that invests in and works with early-stage startups. Sarah launched Future Design School to empower all individuals to be creators and help turn great ideas into meaningful innovation.
