The Design Thinking 101 Podcast
Stories about what’s possible when you think and solve like a designer
Talk to the Elephant: Design Learning for Behavior Change with Julie Dirksen — DT101 E131
Julie Dirksen is the author of the books Design for How People Learn and Talk to the Elephant: Design Learning for Behavior Change. She is a learning strategy consultant with a focus on incorporating behavioral science into learning interventions. Julie was my guest...
Learning Design Thinking + Shifting Mindsets + Facilitation with David Lemus — DT101 E130
David Lemus is an independent design strategist with engineering roots working with organizations to empower teams to be customer obsessed and have a culture of iterative learning. He has designed and facilitated dozens of design thinking workshops across Fortune 500...
Teaching and Applying Design Thinking in Higher Ed + The Experimentation Fieldbook with Liz Chen — E129
Liz Chen is Design Thinking Lead at Innovate Carolina, the unit dedicated to innovation, entrepreneurship, and economic development at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Liz is also a co-author of The Experimentation Field Book, a practical how-to guide...
Design Social Change with Lesley-Ann Noel — DT101 E128
Dr. Lesley-Ann Noel is an Afro-Trinidadian design educator and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Design Studies at North Carolina State University. Lesley promotes greater critical awareness among designers and design students by introducing critical theory...
Radical Participatory Design + Relationships in Complex Systems Inclusive Design with Victor Udoewa — DT101 E127
Victor Udoewa works in the Office of Public Health Data Surveillance and Technology at the CDC. Previously, he worked at the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs at NASA, as well as at 18F and Google. We talk about his...
Making Collaboration Mean Something + Inclusive Design with Pinar Guvenc — DT101 E126
Pinar Guvenc is a partner at the award-winning global design studio SOUR, where she leads design innovation strategy. Pinar is also a member of the faculty at Parsons School of Design, and she serves on the Board of Directors at Open Style Lab, a National Design...
Fulfilling Design Careers + Crafting Teams with Justin Dauer — DT101 E125
Justin is an internationally-renowned design leader, author and speaker from Chicago. You'll often find him at AIGA's speaking events, he’s been interviewed in Forbes magazine and Medium's "Forge" publication, and he writes articles for Aquent, CEO World Magazine, and...
Leading Design + Collaboration + Why Design Thinking with Kareem Collie — DT101 E135
Kareem Collie is an accomplished designer and educator with a rich background in both the...
Instructional Design + Adult Learning Experiences with Holly Owens — DT101 E134
Holly Owens is an Adjunct Professor at the Touro College Graduate School of Technology, where she...
5.5 Things Everyone Should Know about the Future of Higher Education with David Staley — DT101 E133
David Staley is an associate professor in the Department of History at Ohio State University. He...
5 Ways Nobody Cares About You and How They Make You a Better Designer // ALD 014 — DT101 E132
This is a Design Thinking 101 episode in the Ask Like a Designer series. Ask Like a Designer helps...
Talk to the Elephant: Design Learning for Behavior Change with Julie Dirksen — DT101 E131
Julie Dirksen is the author of the books Design for How People Learn and Talk to the Elephant:...
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