2023 Intern City of Tomorrow Challenge: Product Stewardship - Achiever
  • Type Experience
  • Level Foundational
  • Time Weeks

2023 Intern City of Tomorrow Challenge: Product Stewardship - Achiever

Issued by Ford Motor Company

Facilitated by the Ford Employee Resource Group, NextGen, Intern City of Tomorrow Challenge is a fast-paced, virtual experience-based program focused on innovation, Design Thinking & building networks. During their internship, they collaborated in cross-functional and cross-regional teams of Ford employees to identify problems, design human-centered solutions, and pitch those solutions to Ford leadership sponsors. Earners of this badge completed all the minimum requirements of the challenge.

  • Type Experience
  • Level Foundational
  • Time Weeks

Skills

  • Curiosity
  • Design Thinking
  • Human Centered Design
  • Innovation
  • Interviewing Skills
  • Problem Solving
  • Storytelling

Earning Criteria

  • Participated in a design thinking workshop and applied their learning to a real-world problem.
  • Formulate and refine a central question to address the team's project challenge
  • Gathered insights and inspiration through a series of user interviews, literature research, or surveys.
  • Prepared and pitched an executive summary of the problem & proposed solution.
  • Peer reviewed and provided constructive feedback for other ideas