I grew up down the road from a slaughter house. It was located at the top of the highest hill over looking the town and it had a beautiful open pasture for cows to get a last glimpse of the world as they know-knew-it. During middle school, I would ride my bike to sidestep my anxiety of riding on the bus. If that anxiety sounds trivial,...

Evolving Design Thinking in Your Organization What follows are several dimensions in which to assess your personal and/or organization’s use of design thinking. Regardless of where you fall on either, these categorizations are less about good vs bad and more about how useful/appropriate your current approach may be for the choices you ...

Evolving Design Thinking in Your Organization Design thinking is peaking in its popularity and needs to evolve to remain useful. “Ok Google, confirm my bias.” Design thinking has been on the rise for the past couple of decades. Some argue that its spread is similar to that of STDs or the proliferation of BS while others have been a bit...

“I wanted to change the world, but I could not even change my underwear – John Grant, Queen of Denmark” Good work. What is it? What shape does it take? Do we know it when we see it? After a decade searching for it, it continues to elude me. Does it have to do with the focus of the work? Or does it come down to how the work is carried o...