Tutorials
Register for short courses with experts in the EPIC Community!
- Tutorials are part of EPIC2023 Learning & Networking Week, September 18–22
- All tutorials are conducted live online. Some are offered twice to accommodate more time zones.
- Tutorials are $100 each and registration is open to all EPIC Members. If you’re not yet a member, purchasing membership will be the first step in your tutorial registration process.
Strategic Foresight Methods for Innovation
SAM LADNER, Workday
Learn mindsets, methods, and organizational acumen to do successful strategic forecasting in a world relentlessly focused on the next quarter.
How to Work Responsibly with Emerging Technologies
JOHN PAYNE, Public Policy Lab
Learn how to anticipate and evaluate the future consequences of new technologies as they are adopted into complex commercial and social contexts.
Building for Resilience: Designing Experiences that Adapt to Human Complexity
PREETI TALWAI, Google; KEITA WANGARI, Demandbase
Learn a set of tools to design for the messiness of actual life journeys and build enduring relationships with the people you serve.
From Users to User Ecosystems: Applying Systems Thinking to Ethnography
MIKE YOUNGBLOOD, Youngblood Group; BENJAMIN CHESLUCK, American Board of Internal Medicine; NADEEM HAIDARY, Google
Learn a toolkit of concepts and methods to apply user ecosystems thinking in research design and execution.
Adversarial Design in Practice
CARL DISALVO, Georgia Institute of Technology
Learn creative techniques for designing community and civic systems, services, and policy projects that enable the contestation—not just consensus—required for inclusive, pluralistic outcomes.
The Science of Storytelling
LIZ LEWIS, Miro
Learn techniques and strategies to transform research findings into compelling stories that capture attention, shape perspectives, and leave audiences wanting more.
Forecasting Friction: Ethnofutures Techniques for Creative Scenarios and Strategic Decisions
JAN ENGLISH-LUECK + colleagues, IFTF
Integrate foresight and ethnographic methods to provoke new possibilities and align on strategic paths forward.
Thinking and Communicating with Visual Frameworks
ERIN HACKETT & MUJTABA HAMEED, Stripe Partners
Learn to interpret and create visual frameworks that make insights more legible and persuasive to diverse teams and stakeholders.
Dismantling Assumptions: How to Make Powerful Change in Moments of Friction
MAYA JOSEPH-GOTEINER, Velocity Ave LLC
BARB NATALI-SHERMAN, DesignMap
Learn a new method that drives understanding and alignment in moments of friction with stakeholders.
Human-Scale Innovation: A Systemic Framework
SCOTT MATTER, University of Technology Sydney
Learn a participatory, systemic design framework to map solutions spaces and assess product, service, and policy solutions.