The Design Thinking 101 Podcast
Stories about what’s possible when you think and solve like a designer
Relentless Curiosity, a Necessary Delight with Scott Shigeoka — DT101 E124
Scott Shigeoka is an internationally-recognized curiosity expert, speaker, and the author of SEEK: How Curiosity Can Transform Your Life and Change the World. He is known for translating research into strategies that promote wellbeing and connected relationships...
The Experimentation Field Book with Natalie Foley — DT101 E123
Natalie Foley has over 20 years of experience leading teams in designing and launching new products, programs, and strategies across the private, public, and not-for-profit sectors. Recently, she joined Opportunity at Work, where she builds, tests, and launches new...
Healthcare + Systems + Risk + Design with Rob Lister — DT101 E122
Rob Lister is a designer in healthcare, creating meaningful experiences in many arenas, including medical device design, care delivery, service design, and population health strategy. His experience as a design leader at IDEO and AT&T, and his background as a...
Facilitation + Remote Teams + Miro with Shipra Kayan — DT101 E121
Shipra Kayan is a product evangelist at Miro, a designer, and a facilitator. She has built inclusive, engaged, and effective distributed teams at companies like Upwork and Miro. Armed with two decades of experience teaching design teams to collaborate across time...
Nudging Systems + Equity-centered Design + Systems Thinking with Sheryl Cababa — DT101 E120
Sheryl Cababa drives a human-centered design practice focusing on systems thinking and equity-based design, working on everything from robotic surgery experience design to reimagining K-12 education through service design. In her work with consultancies such as...
Design and Complex Systems in Healthcare + Design and Management with Kipum Lee — DT101 E119
Kip Lee is a designer and healthcare executive at University Hospitals Health System in Cleveland, OH. As Vice President of UH Ventures, he manages an innovation portfolio that supports University Hospitals’ strategic initiatives and partnerships through product...
Designing Feedback + Design Research and Workshops with Nahal Tavangar — DT101 E118
Nahal Tavangar is a self-professed generalist who has worked in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors across two continents. These roles and experiences have given her valuable insights into design thinking in various industries, work environments, business...
Learning Design Thinking + Shifting Mindsets + Facilitation with David Lemus — DT101 E130
David Lemus is an independent design strategist with engineering roots working with organizations...
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,...
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...
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....
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...
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