The Design Thinking 101 Podcast
Stories about what’s possible when you think and solve like a designer
5.5 Things Every Designer Should Know About Positive Childhood Experiences with Robert Sege — DT101 E110
This episode of the Design Thinking 101 podcast is 5.5 Things Every Designer Should Know About: Positive Childhood Experiences. Dr. Robert Sege, MD PhD is a pediatrician at the Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts Medical Center, and a professor of medicine at...
Healthcare Innovation + Nursing + Opportunities for Designers — DT101 E109
Michael Ackerman is currently the director of the Master in Healthcare Innovation Program and Professor of Clinical Nursing and the director of the Center for Healthcare Innovation and Leadership at the Ohio State University College of Nursing. He also maintains a...
Designing a Learning System for the Good Life // ALD 013 — DT101 E108
This is a Design Thinking 101 episode in the Ask Like a Designer series. Ask Like a Designer helps people explore thinking and solving like a designer. You’ll learn about design thinking, service design, learning design, leading and building high-performing teams, and...
Humans + AI + Design with Ruth Kikin-Gil — DT101 E107
Ruth Kikin-Gil is a design strategist, a digital product designer, and a practical dreamer who focuses on product innovation across devices, input methods, and platforms. At Microsoft, she leads the Responsible AI Practices for Microsoft's security organization. She...
5.5 Things Every Designer Should Know About Hacking Bureaucracy with Marina Nitze — DT101 E106
Marina Nitze is co-author of the book Hack Your Bureaucracy and works at Layer Aleph, a crisis response firm that specializes in restoring complex software systems to service. Marina was the Chief Technology Officer of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs under...
Learning to See and Respond to Racialized Design with Lisa Elzey Mercer — DT101 E105
Lisa Elzey Mercer is a designer, educator, and researcher. Her interests are in developing and executing design interventions focused on the topics of human trafficking, incarceration, race, and racism. She's an Assistant Professor of Graphic Design and Design for...
Learning + Teaching + Design Thinking Impact in K-12 with Rich Wiener — DT101 E104
Rich Wiener is an educator and consultant who works to engage K-12 learners at a high level, and has zeroed in on design thinking as a key component. Rich's career has included being a school principal, Director of Curriculum for Ramsey Public School District in New...
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...
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,...
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...
UX + Design Teams with Nick Finck — DT101 E117
Nick Fink is a design and research leader with over two decades of experience in the industry....
Operations + Human Centered Design + Art with Alvin Schexnider — DT101 E116
Alvin Schexnider is an emancipatory designer and a business operations strategist who helps...
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