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November Newsletter from IDEO U.
Nov 2018
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Fuel Your Creativity This Month
Upcoming Webcast — Join us Monday, December 10th @ 9am PT / 12pm ET with special guest Chris Waugh, Chief Innovation Officer at Sutter Health, in conversation with IDEO U Dean Suzanne Gibbs Howard. Register to get the recap delivered to your inbox.
6 Qualities That Build an Environment of Creativity — The great myth of creativity is that it’s a fuzzy quality that can’t be defined. But as IDEO Products Managing Director David Aycan and his team discovered, you can indeed measure the qualities that set the conditions for creative outcomes. Listen on iTunes or SoundCloud
How to Design for Social Impact: 4 Tips for Complex Challenges — Jocelyn Wyatt and her IDEO.org team have created a framework for taking on big challenges in the social sector, in spite of complex webs of stakeholders, big limitations, long timelines, and limited funding. And they’ve proved the value of design thinking by tracking the outcomes of their projects. Listen on iTunes or SoundCloud
4 Ways to Maintain Momentum — How do you move past challenges, even when constraints are tight and solutions are elusive? It’s all about supporting rather than managing, and showing grit, resilience, and optimism, even after several rounds of prototypes, or the realization it’s time to start asking new questions.
Try This Now
To make better decisions now, build empathy for your future self. Try these two exercises—observing and interviewing—to connect with your future you.
End of Year Learning OpportunitiesThere’s still time in 2018 to invest in learning and development. What skills would you like to explore to shape your future? “I’m seeking a better, more human-centered approach to solving complex business challenges.”Hello Design Thinking (also available in Spanish) — Get an introduction to design thinking and learn how to apply these tools and processes to your own work. “I’d like to find more meaning in my work and motivate and inspire my team.”Power of Purpose — Uncover your team or organization’s true purpose, develop an authentic purpose statement, and take action to bring it to life. “I want to learn how to be more creative and help my team get past creative blocks.”Unlocking Creativity — Learn exercises designed and practiced by creative experts at IDEO to help you overcome the common barriers to creativity. “I want to better understand myself and my team so I can encourage collaboration and do great work.”From Superpowers to Great Teams — Discover your unique strengths, build stronger relationships, and unlock greatness in your team. Extra Credit Reading (and Listening)Cool Jobs in the IDEO U CommunitySilvers Fellowship
—Imagine Scholar —Miracle Playsystems , IDEO Products Team—IDEO —IDEO —NPR —The Rockefeller Foundation Are you struggling with creativity in the workplace? Send us your questions!IDEO U founders Suzanne Gibbs Howard and Coe Leta Stafford will be discussing how to advance creativity in yourself and your organization in the next episode of our Creative Confidence Series podcast, and we’d love to hear from you. Reply to this email with a question or challenge you need help with. Sincerely,
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