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Creativity Residencies: 5 Things We Learned About Elevating & Celebrating Teachers
May 02, 2023 - by Maureen Carroll

Teachers are the ultimate givers. Whether figuring out how to best reach a shy child, juggling how to cover content standards, or building supportive relationships with colleagues, the demands can often feel endless. This led us to wonder: What are teachers doing to replenish themselves? Last month The San Mateo County Office of Education and […]

Be it Basketball or Be it Design Thinking: Joy Matters
May 23, 2018 - by Maureen Carroll

                              I spent the last six weeks in Singapore where I led twenty design thinking workshops for educators. I had decided that when I returned home I would spend some time reflecting on what I had learned. For me, that means […]

5 Ways Design Thinking Can Be a Culture Changer
Jun 27, 2017 - by Maureen Carroll

Sometimes the signs are subtle, like a meeting room stocked with stacks of neon-colored Post-it notes and black Sharpies. Other times they are grand, like a prominent spot on the agenda of a product design conference. Design thinking makes its way into an organizational culture in many different ways. In my experience, organizations that learn […]

Micro-crafting Innovative Learning Experiences: The Art & Skill of Facilitating Design Thinking Workshops
Oct 30, 2016 - by Maureen Carroll

Imagine the best party you have even been to and the hardest class you have ever taken. That’s what a design thinking workshop can and should feel like. We’ve created and facilitated hundreds of workshops and learned a lot about how to achieve that sweet and ever-shifting balance between rigor and joy. We want people […]

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