Ask Like a Designer — Design Skills Articles
In Ask Like a Designer, I write about Fluid Hive’s 7 Design Skills. I share design ideas, methods, frameworks, templates, and a question-fueled approach to designing services and solutions. Each article gives you things to start using today. Cheers ~ Dawan
Fluid Hive Design Skills
- Designing Solutions
- Facilitating Meaningful Moments
- Evolving Personal Performance
- Evolving Team Performance
- Telling Stories
- Leading Change
- Shifting Systems
Newest Ideas
025 // Designing AI IMPACT, a Framework for Mission-driven Organizations
Artificial intelligence presents remarkable opportunities for nonprofits, NGOs, health agencies, and foundations to amplify their effectiveness. This guide aims to equip you with the knowledge, frameworks, and practical strategies to thoughtfully integrate AI into your organization's work. AI isn't just another digital tool—it represents a fundamentally different approach to designing solutions to operations and impact-on-mission challenges and problems.. When applied with intention and care,...
Design ideas, methods, frameworks, templates, and a question-fueled approach to designing services and solutions
018 // Ask Like a Designer: Meet the Voices Inside Designers, Part 1 — Builder
Ask Like a Designer launched with an article about how six designers —...
Designing Health Equity — Could ChatGPT reduce bias in electronic health records? // Ask Like a Designer Ideas
I read a great article by Mitesh Patel exploring how ChatGPT might help...
017 // Leadership Habits that Support Innovation Culture
Leading Performance Facilitation There are three habits people with leadership...
016 // The Everything Skill — Habit Design
There are two things between us and any of our big goals: the learning and the...
015 // Designing Learning Question by Question
Early in my journey as a designer, I started noticing ways the work was...
014 // 5 Ways Nobody Cares About You and How They Make You a Better Designer
What you create, the problems you solve, what you know, your rich experience,...
013 // Designing a Learning System for the Good Life
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012 // Want Better Outcomes? Find Better Problems.
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