The One Thing Your Team Needs Before Inspiration
How do you create a non-judgmental environment within the judgmental world of work?
15 Jan
27 Nov
Design Thinking’s Three Modes of Thinking: Open, Explore, Close
Design thinking can be a super helpful process for collaboratively and creatively solving problems, but what about the modes of thinking needed to effectively leverage that process?
31 Oct
Three Tools for Effective Collaboration
Defining what collaboration looks like for your team is key for successful & productive collaboration. Here are three tools that'll help you do just that.
07 Sep
Finding Your Windows and Mirrors
Building empathy & broadening perspective happens by engaging with people with different backgrounds. Melissa Wong shares how she's been thinking about it.
12 Jul
What We Learned from Our Design Sprint with Vote Run Lead
We ran a Design Sprint on a meaningful problem for an organization we’re inspired by. Here are six lessons from that experience.
10 Jul
3 Ways to Customize a Design Sprint for Any Project
How should you go about customizing a Design Sprint to fit your problem? Here's a simple framework we like to use.
06 Jul
Why Run a Design Sprint?
Need a process for not only generating killer ideas, but also for moving them forward? Get that project mojo going with Design Sprints.
26 Apr
The “What’s Innovative?” Debate: Try Using First, Best, and Only
How can we tell whether or not processes or creations are innovative?
29 Mar
Design Thinking Learning vs. Doing: Stories and Lessons from the Front Lines
Overcoming some of the harder parts of design thinking in the real world.
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.