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Author of SDGs for Solopreneurs | Professor | Founder of YamaU | Former U.N Officer

UN SDGs for Impact Solopreneurs

Professor Yama Mubtaker

Author of SDGs for Impact Solopreneurs | Professor | Founder of YamaU | Ex U.N

Recognize a real issue you care about and narrow it into a focused starting point.

dentify a Meaningful Problem

Understand how to use SDGs to spot opportunities and IDGs to empower yourself to build a meaningful solution.

Use SDGs and IDGs as Practical Lenses

Translate your concern into a clear, personal direction for your impact solopreneur journey.

Define Your Starting Direction

You'll walk away with more confidence about what you want next and a roadmap for getting there.

Work/life expert and bestselling author

Simone Stolzoff

IDEO Design Lead and bestselling Author of The Good Enough Job

Cohort 10

Cohort 11

Design Thinking is a creative approach to finding clarity amidst ambiguity. In this course, you'll be guided through how to apply Design Thinking to your own career exploration.The course itself is broken down into four sessions: Ground, Diverge, Converge, and Plan which will help you articulate your values, explore the career possibilities available to you, design experiments to figure out what you want, and plan your short, medium, and long-term next steps.Instead of spinning your wheels about what's next for your career, you'll follow a step-by-step process to determine what you value and plan your next move.

Clarify what you want with the help of Design Thinking

A step-by-step framework for intentional career design

Tips for navigating job searches and career transitions

Research-backed tools becoming more fulfilled and resilient 

Curious explorers who are ready for a change in their life but aren't clear on exactly what they're looking for

Overworked professionals who move a mile-a-minute but don't have the space to take a step back and reflect

Passionate generalists who feel pulled in multiple directions but aren't sure which path they want to choose

Transform the impact of Design Ops initiatives and establish yourself as a strategic partner in your organisation.

Global Design Ops Leader for 18+ years

ClearScore

Lloyds Bank

Halifax

Laurent Christoph

Design Ops Leader - 18 yrs experience -  Coach - Speaker

Design Operators 3

Design Operators 4

Design Operators frequently struggle with complex challenges such as scaling design teams and managing headcount, defining unified design processes in distributed agile environments, creating meaningful career frameworks or improving colleague engagement and retention.Driving some of these initiatives can be very time-consuming yet they often fail to deliver meaningful impact. What differentiates failed initiatives from successful ones? Is it creativity? Vision? A top-down mandate? Efficiency? It actually comes down to 3 factors: Diligence, Decision and Discipline.Diligence is about identifying the true needs of the organisation. Decision is about having a strategic and repeatable decision making process that gets stakeholders on board. Discipline is about instilling accountability towards execution because without execution there's no impact.Learn how to apply the 3D framework, a practical blueprint for driving meaningful change, scaling design capabilities and delivering true value to your organisation.

Unlock your potential as a strategic force —not just an operations engine.

Diligence - Uncover the unwritten rules of how your organisation works 

Make better decisions on which DesOps initiatives to take forward (or ditch)

Discipline - Deliver initiatives emphatically and completely 

Understand the pitfalls and critical success factors for core DesOps topics

Bonus #1: Exec storytelling and influence

Bonus #2: Design Ops Roadmap with Peter Boersma

"I'm not sure how I come across, how  my experience compares". Trust me: it's in your head. Variety of backgrounds makes it more valuable.

Don't compare yourself to others: all levels welcome

Showing up and doing the work is what will drive your transformation. It's so worth it and I will support you.

Be ready to put the work in

I've helped people make immediate progress at work and improve their chances of getting a new role.

Open to you, whether in role or looking for a new gig

Design Ops professionals who want to establish themselves as strategic partners and elevate their impact

Designers who are taking on DesOps responsibilities and want to grow in that space by avoiding pitfalls and learning best practices

Design Leaders who want to get started on Design Ops but don't have the budget to hire or outsource

Feeling stuck in your career or purpose? Reconnect with who you are, discover your why, design your ideal career and life, and take action.

PM x-Meta, 3x Founder & Certified Coach

Angelina Fomina

3x Founder, Product Lead Meta, BetterUp, Shopify, and Intuitive Career Coach

Cohort 2

Cohort 3

We're facing a purpose-crisis. The workplace and careers are rapidly changing. There's so much noise, information, and distraction.Yet meaningful careers matter, and knowing your why can get you through any setback.You’ll follow a proven 8-step framework to help you navigate change and burnout, reconnect with yourself, discover your purpose, and explore new career paths. It was created from my personal journey of reinventing my career many times, and refined through 200+ coaching sessions.This program blends science, spirituality and strategy to help you build a meaningful career and life without compromising authenticity, and wellbeing.<ol><li>Reconnect who you are: your parts, truths, strengths, skills, joy, intuition, and creativity.</li><li>Let go of old identities, limiting beliefs, fear, doubt, and outdated definitions of success.</li><li>Discover your purpose: uncover your passions, strengths, and direction using Western &amp; Eastern personality assessments, and intuitive tools.</li><li>Define career paths that match your values, ideal life, different roles, industries and business ideas.</li><li>Take action: Job search, interview, test a business or consulting idea with 5 bonus career &amp; entrepreneurship courses.</li></ol>

The only coaching program that turns self-discovery into real action and results

Discover who you are & your purpose

Let go of past work setbacks, old identities, limiting beliefs

Reconnect with your joy, intuition, energy and intuition

Define your ideal career paths and test them

Build your career roadmap and job searching plan

Brainstorm & Define Your Solopreneur Business Offer

💼 Navigating burnout, layoff, setback or career break, and ready for intentional growth, clarity, and to take your next step.

🔄&nbsp;In a role or career you've outgrown, feeling drained, stuck, or demotivated and ready to&nbsp;find your purpose, and a meaningful&nbsp;career path.

🌱 Already have a direction in mind, and want accountability to make it a reality as you pivot careers, job search, or start a business.

Build clarity, confidence, and positioning to move into or grow in tech for social impact with a clear and actionable next step.

May Cohort

Impact Innovator & Facilitator

Anna Ackermann

Working at the intersection of digital rights, safety, and public institutions

Tech for Good & Career Strategist

Nithima Ducrocq

Entrepreneur who designs digital programs across UN, NGOs, and startups.

June Cohort

<h2>Find your place in tech for good and take your next step with clarity</h2>You don’t need to have everything figured out. But you do need direction.If you’re trying to build or pivot into a career in tech for social impact, you’ve probably felt this:<ul><li>You care about impact, but don’t know where you fit or where to start</li><li>You have experience, but struggle to position it</li><li>You’re capable, but still second-guess yourself</li><li>You want to move forward, but don’t know what step to take next</li></ul>This course is designed to help you move through that.

Boosting women's career's in impact tech

Define your direction in tech for social impact and focus your next move

Articulate your strengths clearly to position yourself in real conversations

Identify what’s holding you back and take action instead of overthinking

Choose where you fit and target the right opportunities

Build a clear next-step plan and move forward with concrete actions

You want to work in tech for social impact, but don’t know how to enter or navigate the space

You are already working in impact tech and seek changes but don’t know how

You want something more structured than self-reflection, but more thoughtful than generic career advice

Agentic AI

Coding with AI

AI Workflows

Claude Code

OpenClaw

Vibe Coding

AI Evals

AI Transformation

RAG & Search

AI for PMs

AI for Engineers

AI for Designers

AI for Marketers

AI for Founders

Product Sense

Product Discovery

User Research

Prototyping

Growth

Analytics

Tech Foundations

Strategy

Influence

Leadership

Career Growth

Machine Learning

LLM Ops

Context Eng

Security

System Design

Figma

Design Systems

Visual Design

Design Strategy

Automation

Content Marketing

Demand Gen

Go-to-Market

Product Marketing

Positioning

Social Media

Brand

B2B Marketing

SEO & AEO

AI for Leaders

AI Governance

Communication

Management

People Operations

Exec Presence

Storytelling

Goal-setting

Personal Brand

Fundraising

Everyone

Operators

Data Scientists

Business Analysts

User Researchers

Customer Success

Project Managers

HR Professionals

Sales People

Lawyers

Finance

Investors

Real Estate

Educators

Creators

Broad professional audience — content relevant across many roles and functions.

Startup founders building new businesses, from MVP to scale.

Setting strategic direction, making high-stakes decisions, and translating vision into execution.

UN SDGs for Impact Solopreneurs

What you'll learn

Why this topic matters

You'll learn from

Professor Yama Mubtaker