Project Code: USCG-USA-1
| Project Title | Want to be a Futurist? Join the Strategic Foresight team and explore the future. |
|---|---|
| Project Summary | The United States Coast Guard Office of Emerging Policy (DCO-X) seeks an intern to support advancing the use of remote facilitation tools and techniques for strategic foresight efforts in support of USCG’s strategic planning process. |
| Country | United States |
| Agency | United States Coast Guard |
| DoS Office | N/A |
| Post | N/A |
| Section | N/A |
| Number of Interns | 1 |
The Office of Emerging Policy (DCO-X) is home to the USCG’s strategic foresight program, Project Evergreen, which is aimed at supporting today’s leaders as they prepare the Coast Guard to succeed in a dynamic and uncertain future.
Evergreen workshops use Human Centered Design (HCD), design thinking, foresight tools and techniques to identify strategic challenges and opportunities. The selected intern will join a highly-motivated team of Strategic Analysts as they explore transitioning traditional in-person workshops to a remote environment. Internship tasks may include evaluating applicability of remote collaboration platforms, identifying best practices for conducting remote workshops, applying HCD and foresight tools to a remote environment, and assisting with analysis of workshop outputs.
The ideal candidate will be detail-oriented, comfortable with ambiguity, proficient working in a remote environment, possess strong writing and/or analytical skills, and be curious about learning more about the practice of HCD, design thinking and foresight.
| Skill(s) |
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| Analytical writing |
| Data analysis |
| Data visualization |
| Design thinking |
| Editing and proofreading |
| Graphic design |
| Infographic design |
| Marketing |
| Research |
| Writing |
Learn more about the U.S. Coast Guard at: https://www.uscg.mil/ and the Office of Emerging Policy's Project Evergreen, as featured in the Harvard Business Review - Emerging from the Crisis: https://hbr.org/2020/07/emerging-from-the-crisis