Prof. Larry Leifer: Dancing with Ambiguity
Prof. Larry Leifer, Stanford University Dancing with Ambiguity: Embracing the Tension between Innovation and Decision-making in the Design Process Abstract: Over the past thirty years, a powerful methodology for innovation has emerged. It integrates human, business and technical factors in problem forming, solving and design: “Design-Thinking.” This human-centric philosophy integrates expertise from the design, social, […]
Christian Bason: The MindLab Approach
Christian Bason: The MindLab Approach How to Co-Create for Innovation Ever thought government could be run better and be more innovative? Then join us for a discussion on innovation in the public sector with Christian Bason. Christian is Director of MindLab, a cross-ministerial innovation unit in Copenhagen, Denmark. He is also the author of three […]
the new sauder studio team
As UBC settles into the new school year, a new team is beginning their work with the studio. This post will introduce you to the new team members. Andréanne Doyon is the studio’s fulltime Research Assistant. She has a MA in Urban Planning and a BA in Sociology and Asian Studies from UBC as well […]
Testing out thinking techniques…
Convergent. Divergent. Analytical. Integrative. Critical Thinking. Design Thinking. It is one thing to talk about these Thinking Strategies in the abstract and even to outline a process in two-dimensional form. It is another to get right down and try out both the processes and the techniques that can support them. One of my design challenges […]
Ideas resource to check out
Check out this interesting website: 99%. It provides insights on productivity, organization and leadership. “It is not about ideas. It is about making ideas happen.”
How the “silly cow” exercise helped to solve business uniqueness in Kenya
I have just returned from Kenya where I was teaching business courses with the Sauder Africa Initiative. Upon reflecting on my two amazing months in Africa, I decided to share one of the most memorable moments in one of my classes. When you teach business courses in Kenyan’s slums, there are no fancy rooms, Power […]
Going 3-D
What is it like to think visually? To imagine a process or an idea is three-dimensions? To, in a sense, experiment with a different way of communicating and generating ideas. Last Friday night was the traditional coming together of the Part-time MBAs and the Full-time MBAs at Sauder. Friday night you may ask? Yes — […]
Thinking strategies
Language is a funny thing. Labels are even funnier. In the sense that I get stuck trying to find the right language to communicate to a specific or even general audience — and I get even more stuck when I can’t seem to land on the right label. There are two specific decisions that need […]
MindLab — an idea for BC?
Back in BC. Hurrah. It is wonderful to live in another city and part of what it does is make you appreciate home. I have a back-log of blog topics. Think I’ll start with MindLab and Christian Bason. Christian was my last meeting in Copenhagen and a good one. MindLab is amazing. http://www.mind-lab.dk/en From their […]
Design Thinking on a Film
In March this year, Yuhsiu Yang and Melissa Huang of the Taipei Design Center U.S. teamed up with film makers Mu-Ming Tsai and Iris Lai of Muris Media to make a film about one of the most elusive concepts designers have come up with in the last couple of decades – Design Thinking. Even though the term […]