The Design Thinking 101 Podcast
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Ask Like a Designer — DT101 E61
Show Summary Thank you for listening to this Ask Like a Designer episode of the Design Thinking 101 Podcast. In these short Ask Like a Designer episodes on the Design Thinking 101 podcast, you’ll find new ways to explore the show’s stories and ideas about...
Design for Mental Health: Creating an Effective Response to Student Loneliness with Denise Ho and Andrew Baker — DT101 E60
Denise Ho and Andrew Baker are our guests today. Denise is a design researcher practicing in the design space since the early 2000s and the Director of Design at Hopelab. Andrew Baker is living and working at the intersection of technology and experience design. He’s...
Teams, Sprints, Prototyping, and Better Meetings with Douglas Ferguson — DT101 E59
Douglas Ferguson is the founder of Voltage Control, a workshop agency on a mission to rid the world of horrible meetings. We talk about teams, design sprints, prototyping, facilitation, creating meetings that matter, and more. Voltage Control is a facilitation agency...
Learning Design with Yianna Vovides — DT101 E58
Yianna Vovides is the Director of Learning Design and Research at the Center for New Designs and Learning and Scholarship (CNDLS) at Georgetown University. She’s also a professor for the Master of Arts in Learning, Design, and Technology (LDT) program at Georgetown,...
Critical and Emancipatory Design Thinking with Lesley-Ann Noel — DT101 E57
Dr. Lesley-Ann Noel is the Associate Director for Design Thinking for Social Impact and a professor of practice at Tulane University, and an Afro-Caribbean designer who focuses on critical emancipatory design thinking. We talk about power issues and design,...
Rethinking Service Design + Student Projects + Community Systems with Amy O’Keefe — DT101 E56
Amy O'Keefe is the Studio Director of Northwestern university’s Master of Science and Engineering Design Innovation program, where she leads the human-centered service design studio. We talk about how the pandemic and the expanding awareness of systemic racism might...
Design Research + Tools for Thinking + Using Research Well with Terri Herbert — DT101 E55
Terri Herbert is a design researcher and experienced research manager at Asana. She's fascinated by the complexity of the world of work and interested in researching and modeling complex systems involving people and technology. We talk about doing good design...
Systemic Service Design + a Critical Lens on Design Practice with Josina Vink — DT101 E85
Josina Vink is a designer and researcher based out of Oslo. They're often working in the spaces of...
Design Joy + Design Education + Design Justice with Jennifer Rittner — DT101 E84
Jennifer Rittner is a design educator and writer. We talk about design, education, ethics, social...
Collaboration + Facilitation + Workshops with Austin Govella — DT101 E83
Austin Govella is an experience design director at Avanade Digital Studio and author of...
UX + Navigating Rough Design Waters + Design Leadership with Dennis Lenard — DT101 E82
Dennis Lenard is the CEO at Creative Navy. We talk about user experience, navigating rough design...
Trauma-informed Design + Social Work + Design Teams with Rachael Dietkus — DT101 E81
Rachael Dietkus is a clinical social worker and certified trauma professional dedicated to...
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