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Leadership By Design 2015: Prototypes, Process & Play Redesign Our Design Thinking Design is beautiful and beautiful things are well-designed. While this is true, it isn’t the whole truth—aesthetics definitely are NOT everything. Sometimes the best design isn’t what you...

Leadership By Design 2015: Prototypes, Process & Play How to be a Designer CEO at a Startup without Being a Jerk As designers we’re told to practice empathy, learning our users’ habits, unspoken needs, and desires. We use that knowledge...

Leadership By Design 2015: Prototypes, Process & Play 5 Tips for Designers from a Terrible Designer I’ve been in the position to lead designers toward best-in-class, top-notch design for some of the most well-known brands in the world. Funny thing...

Leadership By Design 2015: Prototypes, Process & Play So You’ve Got A Seat At the Table. Now What? In recent years we’ve seen an emergence of design-led and design driven companies. Breathless articles in technology blogs herald the rise of...

Leadership By Design 2015: Prototypes, Process & Play Creativity Imperative Creativity and innovation are now hailed as the most important contributors to the growth of the economy. It’s imperative that environments are structured so creativity and innovation can thrive. Good...

Leadership By Design 2015: Prototypes, Process & Play Design What Really Matters Designers love to delight customers with look and feel. But if a product doesn’t solve a real problem, customers won’t care how pretty it is. For design to...

Different Kinds of Minds Keynote at Leadership By Design 2015.

Leadership By Design 2015: Prototypes, Process & Play Cartoon Creativity: What I Learned from Chuck Jones Lessons sometimes come from unlikely sources, which is why one of modern history’s richest sources of inspiration for creativity, leadership and culture-building often goes...

Leadership By Design 2015: Prototypes, Process & Play Cooking by Design Deciding what to schlep on the dinner table can be a piece of cake—or a nightmare for a chef like me. I’m not one to plan ahead; I tend...

Leadership By Design 2015: Prototypes, Process & Play Sometimes You Need to Draw Animals This is my story of going to the edge of burnout and back again. When I quit my first startup job in 2011, I did so...