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25 Design Thinking Conferences for 2019
This past April, I crossed off a big item on my bucket-list by attending my first-ever design thinking conference. I had the opportunity to not only attend Design Thinking 2018 in Austin, but also serve as an official media partner for the conference. It was an incredible experience that accelerated my trajectory as a design thinking practitioner. In ...
My Crash Course in Service Design
Discovering the Wonderful World of Service Design Not long after “accidentally” discovering the world of design thinking, I was introduced to the equally wonderful world of service design. Oddly, my first exposure to service design came during a significant setback in my career. A new venture I had helped to launch, was failing. At the time, we ...
Ultimate Guide to Design Sprint Training Tools & Resources
Design sprints are rapidly gaining steam within organizations (including my own), and have driven considerable demand for design sprint training tools and resources. Google Venture’s 5-day design sprint approach, popularized and democratized by Jake Knapp in his best-selling book ‘Sprint’, has quickly become a hot commodity in innovative organizations ranging from start-ups to massive Fortune 500 companies. ...
Design Thinking 2018 Austin Conference
My journey as a design thinking practitioner, just took a momentous leap forward. A few days ago, I attended Design Thinking 2018, my first-ever design thinking conference, and it was an INCREDIBLE experience! My 3 days in Austin for this conference, are days that I know I’ll cherish and draw from for the rest of ...
Designing Your Life Through Design Thinking
Design thinking can be a fantastic tool in designing your life. Design thinking has helped me create new products, imagine new retail concepts, & solve other abstract challenges. It has also helped me to design a better life for myself. In fact, I believe design thinking may have helped save my life and that it ...