California Management Review
California Management Review is a premier academic management journal published at UC Berkeley
by Dave Rochlin
Two organizations focused on tech-based health innovation partner to improve mental health in young adults. In this 'tech for good' project, Hopelab and Grit Digital Health used human centered product design to create an app. With the core needs of users at the forefront, the team designed an app both with and for college students to combat loneliness, a prevalent issue that led to other problems such as depression, anxiety, and risk of dropout. The team also applied systems thinking to this 'Wicked Problem' to address root causes, resulting in their Nod app that improved outcomes for college students.
Pub Date: January 1, 2022
Discipline: General Management
Subjects: Design thinking, Innovation, Mental health, Product development, Technology and analytics
Product #: B5995-PDF-ENG
Industry: Technology
Geography: United States
Length: 9 page(s)
