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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
