Horrible buzzwords

March 16, 2020

There are a few words that I absolutely hate. I hate them because they send the wrong message, because they divide people instead of bringing them together, because they create this irrational idea that “one is better than other” and make people...

What happens when people start using design thinking?

January 3, 2020

Right, so I have babbled, preached, and shouted about design thinking, both on my blog and in my life (where I try to plug it everywhere because I literally love it). I mentioned why I think design thinking is different, untrivial, and interesting. In multiple talks...

Life lessons from a baking show

November 2, 2019

I feel like in the world of the kitchen there are three types of people: + The Burners – “I’ll burn your house trying to boil some water!” + The In-Betweeners – “Eggs and beans on toast, and Cup-a-Soup, heck yeah!” + The...

What makes design thinking different, untrivial, and so interesting?

August 24, 2018

Quite recently, I’ve had an interesting albeit short exchange about why design thinking is the shizz for me. As I’m a bit of a flowery speaker/writer, I knew I wouldn’t have been able to cram my answer into 280 characters, so I wrote this instead,...