What is the value of design? Have you asked that question? Or been asked it? Hard to answer, isn’t it? We have many such questions: What is the value of an education? What is the value of having a family? It is hard to answer in a deductive, objective manner a...
I have been on a college tour with my daughter over spring break and design thinking even showed itself in this context. At one college, they were quite proud of their new classroom design which included round tables on wheels, walls that were white boards with dry...
I was watching my son’s spring basketball practice the other evening and despite a lot of talented boys on the court, a lot of balls were being dropped. I started watching more closely. There were a lot of balls flying through the air and it felt oddly...
Are you and your people fully engaged? A typical reaction is “YES” but in reality many of us are not. If you are multitasking, you may be busy, but you are not fully engaged. Why does this matter? In today’s world, people are proud of how many...
Are you a rebel at work? I heard a former CIA director, Carmen Medina, speak at BIF 9 about being a rebel at work and I was intrigued. The language was provocative, yet it felt familiar. My language for the same thing is “change agent”. Corporate...
