Carmen Escobar

Project: What connectivity challenges do people experience and how is that preventing entrepreneurship and innovation in Cape Town? Qualitative research: Deep understanding of user needs, interviews, identify personas, synthesis, defining opportunity, and plot customer journey maps to determine essential needs and possible solutions.

6 Week Project as part of the Design Thinking program Partnership with BCRT Charité: http://bcrt.charite.de/home/

Consultancy on Organizational Development, Innovation and Strategy through experimental learning. My Activities: Support Senior Consultants; manage the relation between the firm and the clients; coordinate meeting, intervews and focus groups; propose creative solutions for the challenges that the projects present.

Research about Education in Design Thinking at Scale.

The semester starts with a one-week project that introduces the method and mindset of Design Thinking. In the following one-, three-, and six-week projects we actively investigate users, familiarize with intensive teamwork and make prototype.

Five-week course that introduces the concepts of human-centered design getting to the field, prototyping and iterating through the design process that create innovative, effective, and sustainable solutions for social change.

Experiential course to learn the design thinking process through short videos, each paired with brief activities to practice relevant methods and approaches.

Exchange program - Work at FGV Junior Consultancy.

Knowledge of business and economics through analithical thinking.