The Design Thinking 101 Podcast
Stories about what’s possible when you think and solve like a designer
UX + Into, Through, and (Almost) Out of Design with Kara DeFrias — DT101 E103
Kara DeFrias is the current Chief of Staff for the Intuit QuickBooks Platform, with a background rich in both private and public sector experience. Previous work includes serving as senior advisor to the leadership team of the technology and design consultancy 18F in...
5.5 Things Every Designer Should Know About: The Opioid Overdose Epidemic (Part 1) with Stacy Stanford — DT101 E102
This episode of the Design Thinking 101 podcast is 5.5 Things Every Designer Should Know About: the Opioid Overdose Epidemic, Part 1. Our guest today is Stacy Stanford, the Senior Director of Overdose, Injury and Violence Prevention at the National Association of...
Human-Centered Design + Designing Exceptional Customer Experiences with Lis Hubert and Diana Sonis — DT101 E101
Diana Sonis is a passionate believer in holistic 360 strategy and design, with extensive expertise in UX and CX design, service design, and design thinking. Lis Hubert is an acclaimed design and strategy thought leader, writer, and speaker with extensive experience in...
Design for Good + Ethics + Social Impact with Sara Cantor — DT101 E100
Sara Cantor is a co-founder and the executive director of Greater Good Studio, where she and her team think of themselves as pissed-off optimists. We talk about design for good, ethics in design practice, and creating social impact. Listen to Learn About...
Want Better Outcomes? Find Better Problems. // ALD 012 — DT101 E99
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...
Designing with Government Partners + Hidden Design Phases with Chelsea Mauldin — DT101 E98
Chelsea Mauldin is the Executive Director of the Public Policy Lab and an adjunct professor at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs. Listen to Learn About The work of the Public Policy Lab How design and design thinking can help governments...
5.5 Things Every Designer Should Know About: The Future of Higher Education with Bryan Alexander — DT101 E97
This episode of the Design Thinking 101 podcast is 5.5 Things Every Designer Should Know About: the Future of Higher Education. Our guest today is Bryan Alexander. Bryan is a senior scholar at Georgetown University and runs a consultancy focused on the future of...
Design Thinking in Practice: a conversation between Allen Higgins & Dawan Stanford — DT101 E115
Allen Higgins joins me as we share host and guest roles to talk about design practice systems and...
Ethics + Education + Power + Design with Mike Monteiro — DT101 E114
Mike Monteiro is a designer and the author of Ruined By Design, You're My Favorite Client, The...
Thinking, Solving & Transformative Communication: Design + Visualization with Hazel White — DT101 E113
Hazel White is a designer and a visualizer. She creates simple visuals to help communicate complex...
Cognitive Bias + Ethics + Dreaming the Future of Design with David Dylan Thomas — DT101 E112
David Dylan Thomas is the author of Design for Cognitive Bias and the creator and host of the...
5.5 Things Every Designer Should Know About Appreciative Inquiry with Joan McArthur-Blair and Jeanie Cockell — DT101 E111
This episode of the Design Thinking 101 podcast is 5.5 Things Every Designer Should Know About:...
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