Hard Problems
@hardproblems.com
We're a non-profit that helps tech people to work on the hard problems that matter in the world: problems like public health, climate change, and good government.
Our team at Hard Problems has pulled together our favorite books that will help you on your path to working on gnarly problems. www.hardproblems.com/articles/boo...
Books for people who want to work on hard problems
A curated reading list for designers moving into public health, climate change, healthcare, and the public sector — with our top picks and category-by-category recommendations.
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Joining a charity’s board is an excellent way to use your design, product, and strategic skills for good. We think that joining a charity’s board is an excellent stepping-stone to working full-time on a hard problem. www.hardproblems.com/articles/joi...
How to join a nonprofit board
How senior designers and product leaders can find, join, and contribute to nonprofit boards and advisory groups — and use the role as a path to full-time impact work.
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Our job board now has email alerts. Filter jobs by your location and criteria and you'll receive daily email updates. www.hardproblems.com/jobs
Hard Problems
A nonprofit helping designers to work on the hard problems that matter in the world.
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We just made a massive update to hardproblems.com with a better job board and lots of original writing. Comments and suggestions are very welcome, please.
Hard Problems
A nonprofit helping designers to work on the hard problems that matter in the world.
hardproblems.com
Hard Problems now has an awesome job board with hundreds of roles for designers, PMs, copywriters, and researchers on urgent problems in the world. www.hardproblems.com/jobs
Hard Problems
A not-for-profit helping designers to work on the hard problems that matter in the world.
hardproblems.com
We had a great conversation last week about how tech people can support public health projects around the world. Video is available now! youtu.be/_1fBpkwNcAA
Why are public health experts looking for technologists?
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We're currently reading @rutgerbregman.com's new book Moral Ambition. It's very good and very aligned with Hard Problems ideas. Definitely worth reading and get a taste with his recent interview on The Daily Show: www.youtube.com/watch?v=djKB...
Rutger Bregman - “Moral Ambition” | The Daily Show
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What are you doing on June 3? We're hosting a dinner in London for 20 people at @hardproblems.com with @andybudd.bsky.social. It's a good opportunity to discuss tech and design with smart and empathetic peers. Please RSVP lu.ma/0iqbo3f6
Dinner at Hard Problems during SXSW London · Luma
Join us for a dinner in the Hard Problems office to meet good tech people and for a discussion of the current state of the industry. You will be asked for…
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Our next event in London (and online) is coming up in a few weeks. Join us on Thursday, April 10 to discuss with ASquared how it's possible for a design agency to focus their work on sustainable development goals. Please RSVP: lu.ma/kme2kbaa
Fireside chat with ASquared: Can a design agency do good in the world and run a successful business? · Luma
We will discuss with three of the leaders of ASquared about their agency's transition to a B-Corp that does half their work with organizations working on…
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We are hosting our first campfire chat at Hard Problems, with Brian O'Donnell of the DHIS2 project in public health. Brian will coming to London from Oslo, so we can ask him what it takes to succeed at the intersection of public health and tech. lu.ma/bengeegp
Fireside chat with Brian O'Donnell from DHIS2.org · Luma
Campfire chat We are hosting tech architect Brian O'Donnell (Linkedin) for a fireside chat where we will discuss: Technology in global public health Careers in…
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Cardiovascular disease death rates have fallen rapidly in many countries
Kick-off 2025: Two great healthcare events in London, some great job openings, and our co-working space will have our first open house days next week. newsletter.hardproblems.com/p/new-co-wor...
Kick-off 2025
Two great healthcare events in London, some great job openings, and our co-working space will have our first open house days next week.
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Health icons, AI news, and job opportunities: The healthicons.org project adds new icons that match Material icons, Mozilla summarizes an important article about AI in antenatal care in Zambia. newsletter.hardproblems.com/p/health-icons
Health icons
Free, open source health icons. Use in your next commercial or personal project. Editing is ok. Republishing is ok. No need to give credit.
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New co-working space for Hard Problems opens in London: This week we had a soft-launch of our new co-working space in London. Apply for a desk if you want to work in the same space as other people working on the world's big challenges. newsletter.hardproblems.com/p/new-co-wor...
New co-working space for Hard Problems opens in London
This week we had a soft-launch of our new co-working space in London. Apply for a desk if you want to work in the same space as other people working on the world's big challenges.
newsletter.hardproblems.com
Books we like this week: We've been reading some dark and cynical books about tech, design, and changing the world. Trust us... it was worth it. newsletter.hardproblems.com/p/books-we-l...
Books we like this week
We have been reading some dark and cynical books about tech, design, and changing the world. Trust us... it was worth it.
newsletter.hardproblems.com