The Design Thinking 101 Podcast
Stories about what’s possible when you think and solve like a designer
Democracy as a Design Problem with Whitney Quesenbery — DT101 E68
Designing Elections? Yes! Whitney Quesenbery and I talk about designing elections, designing in government, and the future of election design. We dive deep into the world of elections, and Whitney’s and the Center for Civic Design’s work to help election officials...
Your Good-Life OS: Designing a System for Living Well and Peak Performance // ALD 004 — DT101 E67
Thank you for listening to this Ask Like a Designer episode of the Design Thinking 101 Podcast. In my coaching conversations, I help people take a more holistic view of life and work. We find experiments that define values, shape goals and establish habits. This...
Learning Service Design + Leading Service Transformation with Clive Grinyer — DT101 E66
Clive Grinyer is the Head of Service Design at the Royal College of Art in London. Clive's an acknowledged expert in service design, design thinking, and design and technology innovation who has led award-winning design teams for companies around the globe. He started...
There Are No Problems Worth Solving — Only Questions Worth Asking // ALD 003 — DT101 E65
This episode is based on this article: ALD 003 // There Are No Problems Worth Solving – Only Questions Worth Asking. Read the article and others like it on Fluid Hive’s Ask Like a Designer. This Ask Like a Designer episode is about a better way to see and choose...
Micro Course: How to Conduct Listening Sessions with Indi Young — DT101 E64
In this episode, Indi Young joins me to deliver a micro-course on listening sessions. I’m experimenting with new ways to learn on the podcast. Listeners will learn from Indi as we talk about listening sessions, what they are, how to do them, why they matter and how to...
Design, and One Question to Rule Them All // ALD 002 — DT101 E63
This episode is based on this article: ALD 002 // Design, and One Question to Rule Them All. Read the article and others like it on Fluid Hive’s Ask Like a Designer. Show Summary This episode is about a question behind almost everything people do as they create growth...
Civic Design + Innovation Ops + System Design with Ryann Hoffman — DT101 E62
Ryann Hoffman is a system designer and design leader specializing in design and complex systems and working with organizations to develop capacity in design thinking and innovation operations. Show Summary Ryann’s path into design came from an early love of music,...
Lego Serious Play + Creating Together + Designing for Being with Jane Hession and Ronan Healy — DT101 E90
Dr. Jane Hession and Ronan Healy are the founders of How Might We, a service design studio in...
Protect Your Solutions with Transformation Stories: Part 1 — Crafting Well // ALD 010 — DT101 E89
Thank you for listening to this Ask Like a Designer episode of the Design Thinking 101 Podcast....
User Research + Asking Better Questions with Michele Ronsen — DT101 E88
Michele Ronsen is the founder of Curiosity Tank, a leading user research consultancy and...
The 30-Minute Solution Matrix: How to Think and Solve Under Pressure // ALD 009 — DT101 E87
Thank you for listening to this Ask Like a Designer episode of the Design Thinking 101 Podcast....
Seeing, Reframing, and Pursuing Problems with Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg — DT101 E86
Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg is the author of What’s Your Problem and coauthor of Innovation as...
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