Design Psychology and Innovation Fears
Innovation means trying new things and that involves overcoming fear by and through design efforts Of the many barriers to
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creativity
Energy and Curiosity
Being curious is a means to discovery and innovation and requires an energy that many are finding in short supply.
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Design and the Language of Practice
Design’s value is limited in the abstract and unlocked when practiced (and only if practiced) If you are seeking to
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Developing Creative Confidence With Practice
The means to developing the ability to create useful, valued products and service comes from learning through doing. What is
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Transparency and Honesty Aren’t the Same
Transparency without honesty is a way to create illusions under the guise of trust, truth and accountability. Work in human
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Design Thinking: From Cognition to Craft
Design thinking is best approached as a habit, not as an exercise. Just as ‘critical thinking’ isn’t meant to be applied sporadically to one’s life, neither is design thinking.
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An Age of Creation
Creativity can come from destruction. There are ways to think about this can can turn the down into something positive.
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Beautiful Work
Making your world and work beautiful has tangible benefits for performance and wellbeing. It’s not trivia to focus on aesthetics.
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Conflicted Interests
Shifting outcomes requires shifts in our thinking about what works The science journal Nature recently published a thought piece looking
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Smart goals or better systems?
If you’re working toward some sort of collective goals — as an organization, network or even as an individual —
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