Be Curious: The Sprint by Andrea Friesen, Head of Staff Development, Rundle College Society

In the last number of years, the design thinking process has become a well-known way of solving problems. It’s a way to stimulate innovative thought that requires lots of questioning and empathy for the user all the while encouraging the art of trying, failing, making changes and then doing it all over again as necessary. It involves creating a prototype and testing it out before deciding that you are done.

In the book Sprint, by Jake Knapp, he outlines the way a group of people can go through the design process in five days. The benefit is that you can put all your efforts into solving one problem without the distraction of other issues getting in the way during a short, intense time period.

This spring, Rundle’s Professional Development Committee will have the opportunity to go through the process over a three day period with an expert facilitator guiding us. We’re pretty excited to have this time to dream and come up with some innovative ideas for Rundle’s professional learning starting in 2021.