Free Innovation Training Program

Office of Data and Innovation's CalAcademy has partnered with InnovateUS to provide asynchronous and free training programs for state workers. InnovateUS provides live learning on data, digital and innovation skills for public sector professionals. Our curriculum provides learners the skills to deliver more effective, equitable and engaged policies and services.

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Human-Centered Design

We share practical knowledge and lessons about human-centered design, including:

  • The value of Human-Centered Design and how it can be applied to problems and opportunities in government
  • Framing and scoping a problem with a human-centered lens
  • Using frameworks like empathy interviewing, journey maps, How Might We statements and personas to define a problem and ideate solutions
  • Prototyping and testing ideas to gather feedback and iterate
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The Innovation Skills Accelerator

The Innovation Skills Accelerator Course is an asynchronous, at-your-own-pace program consisting of 15 modules and 26 lecture videos on a wide range of topics.

Through videos, self-assessments and worksheets, we share practical lessons learned about improved ways of working, including:

  • How to use new technologies responsibly
  • How to define actionable problems
  • How to use data and human-centered design
  • How to design effective and equitable solutions
  • How to learn what’s worked elsewhere
  • How to forge powerful partnerships to implement change
  • How to measure and scale what works
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The Innovation Skills Accelerator

The Innovation Skills Accelerator Course is an asynchronous, at-your-own-pace program consisting of 15 modules and 26 lecture videos on a wide range of topics.
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What Works: Fast Field Scanning with AI

What Works: Fast Field Scanning with AI is designed to help public professionals accelerate the process of finding and implementing urgently-needed evidence-based solutions to public problems. The course teaches several important skills for public professionals, including:

  • Researching, evaluating, and identifying what works 
  • Getting smarter and faster from data using both documents and people
  • Implementing new, innovative practices in your jurisdiction
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