The Design Thinking 101 Podcast
Stories about what’s possible when you think and solve like a designer
Teaching Yourself Design Thinking + Innovating in Government with Amy J. Wilson — DT101 E19
Welcome to the Design Thinking 101 podcast! I’m Dawan Stanford, your host. Today, I’m joined by Amy J. Wilson, a former White House Presidential Innovation Fellow and the founder of the Better Government Movement. She’s here to talk about innovation, design thinking,...
Design Thinking + Learning Science with Adam Royalty — DT101 E18
Adam Royalty, founder of the Columbia Entrepreneurship Design Studio and long-time lecturer at the Stanford d.school, joins me today. We’ll dig into topics including reflective practices in design education, designing for learning, and connecting design thinking to...
Mapping and Service Design + Implementation + Accessibility with Linn Vizard — DT101 E17
Welcome to the Design Thinking 101 podcast! I’m Dawan Stanford, your host. Today’s guest is the remarkable Linn Vizard, currently an independent service designer based in Toronto. Linn writes and speaks frequently on service design, and has taught on the topic around...
Building Design Capacity + Measuring Design Value + Designing Studios with Doug Powell — DT101 E16
Welcome to the Design Thinking 101 podcast! I’m Dawan Stanford, your host. Today I’m joined by the remarkable Doug Powell, a Distinguished Designer at IBM who directs the global tech company’s program to scale design and design thinking. Doug is also an award-winning...
How to Learn Design Thinking + Design Thinking Pedagogy with Julie Schell — DT101 E15
Welcome to the Design Thinking 101 podcast! I’m Dawan Stanford, your host. Today’s guest, Julie Schell is the Executive Director of Learning Design, Effectiveness and Innovation at the University of Texas at Austin, and an Assistant Professor of Practice in the...
Design Thinking for the Public Sector + Building and Training Design Thinking Teams with Stephanie Wade — DT101 E14
Welcome to the Design Thinking 101 podcast! I’m Dawan Stanford, your host. Stephanie Wade, my guest today, leads the Innovation Teams program at Bloomberg Philanthropies. She helps cities around the world develop and implement innovative approaches by using design,...
From Branding to Design + Teaching Design Teams + Leading Summer of Design with Karen Hold — DT101E13
Welcome to the Design Thinking 101 podcast! I’m Dawan Stanford, your host. Tune into today’s episode to hear my conversation with my friend and colleague Karen Hold, an innovation strategist who helps individuals and organizations build cultures of creativity and...
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...
Designing for Behavior Change + Ethics + Tools with Stephen Wendel — DT101 E54
Steve Wendel is the author of Designing for Behavior Change, Founder of the Action Design Network,...
Purpose-Driven Design + Problem Finding + Behavioral Design with Amy Heymans — DT101 E53
Amy Heymans is Mad*Pow’s Chief Experience Officer and one its founders. We talk about how the...
Designing for Healthcare vs Sick Care + The Emergency Design Collective — DT101 E52
Nick Dawson is the co-organizer of the Emergency Design Collective. In today’s episode, we talk...
Weaving Design Thinking into Teams, Leaders and Organizations with Holly O’Driscoll — DT101 E51
Today’s guest is Holly O'Driscoll, the founder and CEO of Ampersand Innovation, a boutique...
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