by Dawan Stanford | May 14, 2025 | Ask Like a Designer
Ask Like a Designer launched with an article about how six designers — Builder, Scout, Tinker, Facilitator, Traveler, and Pro — help you get better results with design-driven innovation. Breakthrough innovation requires a design facilitator. In this article, I take...
by Dawan Stanford | Feb 19, 2025 | Ask Like a Designer
Want to hire like a designer? Start by rethinking what hiring means. Why do we hire people? The answer isn’t to do work or fulfill a job description. The answer isn’t even an answer; it’s a better question: What problems are we trying to solve by hiring someone? Why...
by Dawan Stanford | Sep 24, 2024 | Podcast
Matthew Van Der Tuyn is a designer and healthcare innovation strategist. Matt is the Senior Director of Design and Strategy at the Center for Health Care Transformation and Innovation at Penn Medicine. The mission at the Center is to serve as a catalyst and...
by Dawan Stanford | Sep 3, 2024 | Podcast
Christina Hanschke’s career journey has spanned many diverse roles. She’s been a music therapist, nanny, and UX researcher, and she’s currently a Design Lead at Final Mile, where she applies a multidisciplinary approach to address pressing societal...
by Dawan Stanford | Aug 19, 2024 | Ask Like a Designer
Ask Like a Designer launched with an article about how six designers — Builder, Scout, Tinker, Facilitator, Traveler, and Pro — help you get better results with design-driven innovation. This article takes a close look at Tinker. Tinker’s favorite question: What must...
