The Power of Influence: Acknowledging Biases in Design
We are being faced with increasingly complex, large-scale problems. In order to come up with meaningful, long-lasting solutions, something has to change.
24 May
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30 Dec
Close Before Open: Using Design Thinking Mindsets for Your Year-End Reflection
Design thinking frameworks help us make sense of information, making them perfect for many applications—including year-end reflections.
21 Sep
Facilitation Skills: They’re Not Just for the Boardroom
By: Molly Sonsteng I spend a lot of time in groups of all different sizes—from as small as three or as big as 1,000. When you’re running the show for any sized group, you need to have the right tools to keep the show going. I
14 Sep
Design Thinking for the Next Generation
Design thinking is frequently leveraged as a tool for work—you learn the skills and apply them to your job, your projects and, ultimately, your organization. And it’s absolutely great for that! But what if building the skills and mindsets of design thinking could be used
06 Sep
Recharging Creativity: How To Plan an Inspiration Field Trip
Inspiration field trips can take many forms, but at their core, they’re an experiential way to cultivate team culture while learning and recharging your creative battery packs. Getting out of the office, learning something new, and creating a shared experience together, as colleagues, is also
30 Aug
Brexit, Beer and Blockchain
What I learned this year at TED Summit It’s a Wednesday night around 7pm: there’s an architect, a record label founder and a science fiction writer sitting around a table. We’re in the midst of discussing how the architect got a 14-story high, external fuel tank
24 Aug
Leveraging Design Thinking to Launch a Business
By: Jess Do Starting a business is like most endeavors in life—if you reflect and incorporate lessons as you go, it can be a lot easier to move forward and even find some success. [caption id="attachment_3872" align="alignleft" width="300"] Listen to this smart man! This absolutely applies to
03 Aug
Team Retrospectives: The Good, The Bad, The Feels
This isn’t the first time we’ve shared a look into our own processes and how we cultivate open and trusting relationships within our team culture. One of the ways our commitment to transparency and continuous improvement comes to life is through our monthly retrospectives as
06 Jul
How to Design Think One of the Toughest Challenges out There—Your Personal Life
By Gabrielle Santa-Donato Designers use tools and frameworks to make sense of things that people might otherwise agonize over—tackling wicked problems that lack a set solution and have a tendency to change or evolve while you’re solving them. Turns out life frequently classifies as one of