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015 // Designing Learning Question by Question

by Dawan Stanford | Sep 7, 2023 | Ask Like a Designer

Early in my journey as a designer, I started noticing ways the work was calling for good teaching and understanding how people learn. There were small learning moments, like preparing workshop participants to apply their expertise in new ways. There were large...

014 // 5 Ways Nobody Cares About You and How They Make You a Better Designer

by Dawan Stanford | Apr 25, 2023 | Ask Like a Designer

What you create, the problems you solve, what you know, your rich experience, and your wins are very important to you. But these things only matter to others when you find ways to see inside the bubble that holds their identity and learn about who they are. A tiny...

013 // Designing a Learning System for the Good Life

by Dawan Stanford | Jan 21, 2023 | Ask Like a Designer

Prefer to listen? Here’s the podcast episode associated with this article. What is your learning system? Don’t worry. Even if you can’t answer that question, you still have one. It’s just operating in hope-for-the-best mode instead of create-a-good-life mode....

012 // Want Better Outcomes? Find Better Problems.

by Dawan Stanford | Aug 16, 2022 | Ask Like a Designer

Prefer to listen? Here’s the podcast episode associated with this article. We create new things to generate the outcomes we want. Those outcomes might mean someone needs to buy or use what we’ve created to solve a problem they have. Those outcomes might mean a...

011 // Protect Your Solutions with Transformation Stories: Part 2 — Telling Well

by Dawan Stanford | May 20, 2022 | Ask Like a Designer

Prefer to listen? Here’s the podcast episode associated with this article. A transformation story is what every new product, service, or system we create needs to escape from the status quo’s gravity and give it a shot at finding a stable orbit. The struggle to...

010 // Protect Your Solutions with Transformation Stories: Part 1 — Crafting Well

by Dawan Stanford | Feb 12, 2022 | Ask Like a Designer

Prefer to listen? Here’s the podcast episode associated with this article. Every new product, service, or system we create and offer needs a transformation story. The story fuels our creation’s escape from the status quo’s gravity and gives it a shot at finding...