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May 2018
by Kevin Carroll
Blogs
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Be it Basketball or Be it Design Thinking: Joy Matters
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 […]
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June 2017
by Maureen Carroll
5 Ways Design Thinking Can Be a Culture Changer
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 […]
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October 2016
by Maureen Carroll
Micro-crafting Innovative Learning Experiences: The Art & Skill of Facilitating Design Thinking Workshops
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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May 2016
by Maureen Carroll
5 Things Innovators Can Learn from Artists- The Real Experts in Creativity
My son Pat is a young jazz musician living and working in New York City. He’s figuring out how to do what he loves as he confronts the very real economic challenges of making a living as an artist. The corporate world is hungry for innovation and looks to experts in business schools, think tanks […]
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