Design Thinking 101

This episode of the Design Thinking 101 podcast is 5.5 Things Every Designer Should Know About: Strategic Foresight. Our guest today is Bart Édes. Bart is a professor at McGill University in International Development. Listen to learn about: >> Future thinking and strategic foresight >> The benefits of using of foresight >> How to start using foresight in your organization >> Teaming up with a futu...

Jos Harrison is the global head of brand experience and design at Reckitt. We talk about brand experience design and commercial design for good. Listen to learn about: >> Brand building >> Finding ways for companies to do good in a way that builds brand >> Learning design >> Omnichannel communication and its effect on brand building >> Design's role in creating a better future  Our Guest Jos is ob...

Marc Bolick is the managing partner of the DesignThinkers Group. We're talking about innovation and culture, the future of work and designing value. Listen to learn about: >> DesignThinkers Group >> Using design thinking in innovation strategy and projects >> The future of work >> Innovative leadership >> International Development >> Change management and "corporate antibodies" Our Guest Marc lead...

Thank you for listening to this Ask Like a Designer episode of the Design Thinking 101 Podcast.   This episode continues where episode 89 on crafting transformation stories left off, and focuses on telling your solution's transformation story.   This episode is based on this article: ALD011 // Protect Your Solutions with Transformation Stories: Part 2 — Telling Well . Read the article and others l...

Raja Schaar is an industrial designer, afrofuturist and doomsday optimist. She is the Director at Drexel University's product design program and co-chair of the Industrial Designers Society of America, Diversity Equity and Inclusion Council. Listen to learn about: >> Raja's career in design >> Climate change and design >> How Raja uses science fiction and futurism in her teaching and work >> Black...

Dr. Jane Hession and Ronan Healy are the founders of How Might We, a service design studio in Ireland. We talk about Lego Serious Play, creating together, and designing for being. Listen to learn about: The importance of giving adults permission to be playful The LEGO Serious Play method How LEGO Serious Play can unlock creativity and innovation The changing view of the workplace and how teams wor...

Thank you for listening to this Ask Like a Designer episode of the Design Thinking 101 Podcast. This episode shows you everything you need to create your solution's transformation story (and why it's so important to do so). This episode is based on this article: ALD010 // Protect Your Solutions with Transformation Stories: Part 1 — Crafting Well . Read the article and others like it on Fluid Hive'...

Michele Ronsen is the founder of Curiosity Tank, a leading user research consultancy and educational institution, helping individuals and organizations learn how to ask better questions, conduct research, and make better decisions around the world. Listen to learn about: >> The benefits of user research to designers >> User research skills >> Quantitative vs qualitative research >> Curiosity Tank'...

Thank you for listening to this Ask Like a Designer episode of the Design Thinking 101 Podcast. This episode is about what to do when you need to solve like a designer FAST. This episode is based on this article: ALD009 // The 30-Minute Solution Matrix: How to Think and Solve Under Pressure . Read the article and others like it on Fluid Hive's Ask Like a Designer. In these short Ask Like a Designe...

Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg is the author of What's Your Problem and coauthor of Innovation as Usual. We talk about problem reframing, developing innovation skills, and the power of thinking deeply about problems. Listen to learn about: >> Framing and reframing problems >> Helping teams and companies to change their approach to problem-solving >> Thomas' books >> Advice for companies and individuals...

Josina Vink is a designer and researcher based out of Oslo. They're often working in the spaces of health and care, and focusing on shaping social structures. We talk about systemic service design, design labs in healthcare, and the potential of critical approaches to design practice. Listen to learn about: >> Service design in the health and care industries >> Changing the focus of service design...

Jennifer Rittner is a design educator and writer. We talk about design, education, ethics, social justice, system design, and design joy. Listen to Learn About >> The current state of design education >> Human-centered design methodology >> Important designers working at design's cutting edge >> Designing with and for marginalized populations >> Smaller scale design >> The empathy problem >> The p...

Austin Govella is an experience design director at Avanade Digital Studio and author of Collaborative Product Design. Listen to learn about: >> Product design >> Collaboration in design work >> Some challenges that can arise when collaborating >> Connecting design to the larger world >> Designing within and for systems >> Workshop/training design >> Collaboration facilitation Our Guest   As an exp...

Dennis Lenard is the CEO at Creative Navy. We talk about user experience, navigating rough design waters, and design leadership. Listen in to learn more about: >> User experience (UX) and User interface (UI) design >> UX in the healthcare industry >> The role "people politics" plays in the design process >> Mistakes made when it comes to leading design teams >> A good design team leader's qualitie...

Rachael Dietkus is a clinical social worker and certified trauma professional dedicated to trauma-responsive practices in design. We talk about trauma-informed design, social work, and why design teams need a social worker. Listen to learn about: >> The intersection of design and social work >> Trauma-informed design >> Resources for designers looking to be more trauma-responsive in their work >>...

Glennette Clark is a UX researcher and an entrepreneur. We talk about UX research, research teams, and UX Camp DC. Listen to learn about: >> UX research — What is it? >> The U.S. Digital Service >> Onboarding new team members >> Trauma-informed research and design >> UXCamp DC and the unconference format Our Guest Glennette Clark is a design researcher at United States Digital Service. She brings...

Thank you for listening to this Ask Like a Designer episode of the Design Thinking 101 Podcast. This episode is about the tremendous power in three little words and a superpower for people who want to think and solve like a designer: listening. This episode is based on this article: ALD008 // Three Little Words for Better (Business) Relationship . Read the article and others like it on Fluid Hive'...

Cat Drew is the chief design officer at the Design Council. We talk about the role and work of Design Council, systemic design, and the shifting role of design and government and communities. Listen in to learn more about: >> Design Council's work >> The frameworks Design Council has developed >> The Design Economy >> How designers can learn from non-designers who are practicing design out in thei...

This episode is about sabotaging innovation projects. You'll learn new ways to get in your own way and everyone else's.  This episode is based on this article: ALD007 // The Innovation Saboteur's Handbook . Read the article and download a guide to sabotage proofing innovation projects. You don't want anyone to steal your destructive glory. You'll find more articles like these on Fluid Hive's Ask L...

Kevin Bethune is the founder and chief creative officer for dreams • design + life, and the board chair of the Design Management Institute. We talk about working and leading at the intersection of engineering, business and design. Listen in to learn more about: >> The synergy Kevin created between three disciplines: engineering, business, and design >> Kevin's years at Nike >> How to build an envi...

Belinda Gannaway is the co-author of Employee Experience by Design and the Director at Fathom XP, an employee experience design agency based in the UK. She's also a facilitator and a team and systems coach. Today, we discuss her book, and what's possible when we apply design thinking to orchestrating how people perform and produce results in organizations. Listen to learn about: >> Using design th...

James Howard is a teacher, design historian, industrial designer, and inventor of over 300 products with 18 patents. He's currently the owner-operator of Entrepreneurial U, a specialty private design school. Prior to teaching at the county college of Morris in New Jersey, Professor Howard was the owner-operator of the award-winning Howard Design Agency, an industrial design practice whose clients...

Thank you for listening to this Ask Like a Designer episode of the Design Thinking 101 Podcast. This episode is all about facilitation. You'll meet Fluid Hive's Event Design Questions and learn new ways to create effective events everyone will love. In these short Ask Like a Designer episodes on the show, you'll find new ways to explore the show's stories and ideas about design-driven innovation....

Sarah Fathallah is an independent social designer and researcher. Today, we talk about trauma-informed design, participatory design, and research with vulnerable populations. Listen to learn more about: >> Trauma-informed design >> Virtual facilitation design >> Examining power dynamics in design work >> Participatory design and its connection to trauma-informed design >> The challenges of compens...

This is the first DT101 Books episode. Karen Hold joins us on the show to talk about Experiencing Design: The Innovator's Journey , a book she co-authored with Jeanne Liedtka and Jessica Eldridge. In DT101 Books episodes, authors explore why their book exists and what it will help you do. Each book is chosen because it has something that will help you think and solve like a designer as you learn,...