Creativity and the Collective Mind Read Time: 3 Minutes Creative teams are dynamic. Diversity of talents is important, but it is not enough. Different ways of thinking can be an obstacle to creativity. Creative teams find ways of using their differences as strengths, not weaknesses.”...
Ideation and the Designer's Mindset – TEDTalks with Practitioner Insights Read Time: 2 Minutes Ideation and the Designer’s Mindset People ask me, 'Don't you ever run out of ideas?' Well, in the first place, I don't use ideas. Every time I have an idea, it's too limiting and usually...
Leadership Ted Talks with Practitioner Insights Read Time: 2 Minutes The anti-CEO playbook by Hamdi Ulukaya Click Here to Watch Profit, money, shareholders: these are the priorities of most business leaders today. But at what cost? Chobani founder Hamdi Ulukaya calls...
Sustainable Product Design - TEDTalks with Practitioner Insights Read Time: 2 Minutes Sustainable Product Design “If it can’t be reduced, reused, repaired, rebuilt, refurbished, refinished, resold, recycled, or composted, then it should be restricted, designed or...
An innovation culture or a culture of continuity Read Time: 8 Minutes I've been reading and thinking a lot lately about what is described as a "culture of innovation". While I would like to think that such an animal exists, the more skeptical side of me doubts it. I think a culture of...
TED Talks on Team Leadership Read Time: 2 Minutes Lead like the Great Conductors Click Here to Watch Watch Time: 20 Minutes In this video Itay Talgam talks about leading a team the way a conductor leads an orchestra – producing music out of chaos. Practitioner Points: ...
Simplicity in Design - TEDTalks with Practitioner Insights A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. Antonine de Saint-Exupery How do we make things as simple, inexpensive, functional, and...
Creativity - TEDTalks with Practitioner Insights Read Time: 2 Minutes The Power of Imagination Designing products and services involves deeply understanding consumers’ beliefs, attitudes, and inner selves as product managers; the journey to a fine and competitive product is a function...
Motivating Teams - TEDTalks with Practitioner Insights Read Time: 2 Minutes The Puzzle of Motivation by Dan Pink Click here to Watch Keeping team members motivated is challenging for leaders. Looking at the science of teams, Dan Pick offers some ways to motivate people. Dan...
Function Analysis: Foundation to Concept Development Read Time: 5 minutes The details are details. They make the product. The connections, the connections, the connections. In the end, it will be these details that give the product life. Charles Eames Consumers...