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013 // Designing a Learning System for the Good Life

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

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. Learning is the process of becoming able to do new things. A learning system adds...
012 // Want Better Outcomes? Find Better Problems.

012 // Want Better Outcomes? Find Better Problems.

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

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 city service needs to produce different outcomes for the people who use it....

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

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

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 tell stories is part of the sensemaking dance that produces our innovations and...
010 // Protect Your Solutions with Transformation Stories: Part 1 — Crafting Well

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

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

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 a stable orbit. The struggle to tell stories is part of the sensemaking dance...

009 // The 30-Minute Solution Matrix: How to Think and Solve Under Pressure

by Dawan Stanford | Sep 30, 2021 | Ask Like a Designer

How do you think and solve like a designer when it’s an emergency or a crisis and fast design is your only option? What do you do when you need a solution now and inaction is more dangerous than flawed action? One way to focus and move quickly is to find a quiet...

008 // Three Little Words for Better (Business) Relationships

by Dawan Stanford | Jun 30, 2021 | Ask Like a Designer

Love isn’t one of the words. Let’s get that out of the way. Love happens, but none of the words are love. Our relationships’ strength isn’t determined by how much we love or like, but by the quality of our listening. Think about three people who make you feel great...
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