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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Designing the Future of Work by UNSW Sydney (The University of New South Wales)

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About the Course

The workplace of tomorrow is an uncertain place. We live in a rapidly changing world, and design innovations such as artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, and big data are rapidly changing the fundamental nature of how we live and work. As these technologies continue to evolve at an exponential rate - it is becoming critical to understand their impact on contemporary work practices, and for businesses and employees to understand how to design a secure future amidst this disruption. What new, disruptive technologies are on the horizon? How will jobs change? What challenges will employers and employees face? How can the design process help businesses and employees to create innovative solutions to overcome such challenges? The course is a collaboration between UNSW Sydney Art & Design and AMP Amplify, AMP's innovation and ideas program. It brings together leading business and design thinking to help answer these questions, and investigates design strategies that businesses, employees and designers can adopt to find new opportunity in such a rapidly changing professional landscape. WHAT WILL I LEARN? The course provides you with a unique, authentic, and industry relevant learning opportunity. You will have access to current theory, industry examples and expert advice from leaders in the field. This course will help you to: • Recognise how the integration of design approaches are shaping technology and business practices, and how these changes bring immense possibility and uncertainty to the future of work • Analyse important skills and attributes that designers, employees, and businesses need to be successful in a speculative, technologically enhanced future • Understand the importance of unique human attributes in increasingly automated workplaces • Evaluate challenging issues related to potential change in processes, people and automation that might impact the future of your own employment or business • Plot your own possible, probable, and preferable trajectories, and synthesise a design strategy to maximise your ability to adapt, grow, and realise opportunities in your own work future. WHO WILL MY INSTRUCTORS BE? You will learn effective design thinking strategies from leading UNSW Australia Art & Design academics. You will also examine case studies from business and service design perspectives that demonstrate how design can transform business processes to become more adaptive to and predictive of technological and social change, and this can help to capitalise on new opportunities. Direct from our industry partner AMP’s innovative Amplify program, you’ll hear personal insights and advice about how to develop attributes and skills that will give you an advantage in the workplace of the future, from the following business leaders, futurists, entrepreneurs, and innovators from around the world: • Sean Brennan, Head of Design & Innovation, AMP • Megan Dalla-Camina, Co-Founder/CEO, Lead Like a Woman - via Amplify • Susan David Ph.D, CEO, Evidence Based Psychology - via Amplify • Dr. Norman Lewis, Director, Futures-Diagnosis Ltd - via Amplify • Heather McGowan, Author & Advisor, Work to Learn - via Amplify • Ramez Naam, Exponential technologies, Machine learning, Artificial intelligence, Singularity University - via Amplify • Dr. Andy Polaine, Regional Design Director, Asia-Pacific, Fjord • Michael Schrage, Research Fellow, Innovation Thought Leader, MIT Sloan School's Center for Digital Business - via Amplify • Chris Shipley, Curator, MIT Solve. via Amplify • Sue Suckling, New Zealand Qualifications Authority, Chair of Callaghan Innovation, Chair of the New Zealand Qualifications Authority - via Amplify • Professor Nick Wailes, Director, AGSM, and Deputy Dean, UNSW Business School. UNSW Sydney....

Top reviews

TL

Apr 25, 2020

Course gave a good overview over the topic, provided qualified info and the possibility to use multiple resources. The assignment in the end helped to understand the content from a deeper perspective.

JR

Oct 12, 2020

I thoroughly enjoyed this course. I thought it would be interesting, but I did not expect to take away quite so many ideas and skills that I have immediately applied to my work practice.

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By Priya P

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Jan 18, 2022

Excellent course to undertake in order to obtain a view of the future of work and holistically understand how design thinking could be incorporated into work future. Could've been complete by showing and explaining more practical examples and case studies of different companies and industries. Also could've been better by involving more group discussions and group tests.

By Ujwala J

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May 14, 2021

Loved the course for all the perspective provided by so many high credentials people in the related fields. The additional reading materials offered were also very informative and useful. Opened my eyes to whole new ways of looking at several things about my immediate context of work as well as how the generic future looks like.

By Daniel M

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Nov 11, 2020

Excellent Course and overall I found the course very helpful to understand what the future may have in store for us and plan for the future. Perhaps the only improvement I could mention would be that some of the Links are outdated and maybe needs to be refreshed.

By Inti C

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Aug 22, 2020

Very comprehensive course with well illustration of real-life examples. A brief touch on design thinking also helps delegate to start developing a mindset to embrace the future of work!

By Sandy A B

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Jan 5, 2021

Interesting topic and very insightful discussions on the future of work and how to ensure a place beside the upcoming technological changes

By stephen c

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Jul 2, 2023

very good course - extremely relevant to my work practice- helped me to visualise the evolution of my practice.

By Isabel T

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May 4, 2022

It would be great if the course could be updated to include the impact the pandemic had in the workplace.

By Harendra S

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May 17, 2020

Good Course, could be better if the content is well organised like- People Analytics course (Wharton)!!

By Rekha P

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Sep 30, 2021

course was very useful for the current era to design a model for our own future.

By Melwyn T

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Jun 4, 2020

Too informative and needs to be a bit more engaging.

By MARIAM M A A A

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Aug 30, 2024

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By Henk H

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Jul 29, 2020

I found the course okay. A little more depth in the topics would be appreciated and more input on what technologies might be around the corner was missed.

By Pujarani B

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Oct 28, 2020

I did not get my course certificate from coursera

By saif r

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Feb 2, 2023

plz clear my course as sonnest

By Ligia F

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Jan 31, 2022

Very boring videos, no much interaction.