Creative Confidence Podcast

In a special episode of our Creative Confidence Series podcast, IDEO U co-managing directors Suzanne Gibbs Howard and Coe Leta Stafford answered questions from our community of learners on how to overcome barriers to creativity at work with tactical examples, stories, and tips. For more tips on activating creativity within yourself and others, check out our on-demand class, Unlocking Creativity: https://ideo.to/KXWA1w

Chris Waugh, Chief Innovation Officer at Sutter Health, and Suz sat down to discuss how service design can radically and rapidly change the ways healthcare is delivered, making it more personalized and a better experience for patients. Interested in learning more about journey mapping and designing innovative experiences? Learn more about our Human-Centered Service Design course: https://ideo.to/service-design

Jocelyn Wyatt, Chief Executive Officer of IDEO.org, and Dean of IDEO U Suzanne Gibbs Howard as discussed the unique challenges of designing for the social sector and how to apply advanced design thinking principles to manage multiple stakeholders and solve for complex issues. To go deeper with the topics from this conversation, explore the Advanced Design Thinking Certificate: https://ideo.to/tlTGrv

In our latest Creative Confidence Series chat, David Aycan, IDEO Products Managing Director, and IDEO U Dean Suzanne Gibbs Howard sat down to discuss how to effectively design for and implement change and ways to measure the impact of creativity in an organization. Looking to learn more about purpose or dive deeper on bringing creativity to your team or company? Join our upcoming Designing for Change course or Power of Purpose on-demand class: https://ideo.to/ewxLRM

The podcast discusses creative leadership and the changing culture of innovation in China. Topics include leading through questions in a changing world, work culture and autonomy in Chinese businesses, empowering younger employees, transforming business and food supply chains in China, and embracing curiosity and the value of questions in shaping leadership.

Keith Yamashita, SYPartners Chairman and Founder and instructor for our newest class From Superpowers to Great Teams, sat down with IDEO U Managing Director Coe Leta Stafford to discuss creative leadership and how great teams are built on a foundation of diversity, collaboration, trust, and self-awareness. To learn more about building diverse, collaborative, and effective teams, check out our new From Superpowers to Great Teams on-demand online class: https://ideo.to/3pey83

In our latest Creative Confidence Series Chat, Suzanne Gibbs Howard, Dean of IDEO U, chatted with Mathew Chow, Director of Organizational Design at IDEO San Francisco, about prototyping organizational change. Mathew Chow is one of IDEO’s first formal organizational designers, helping clients create and define the values, incentives, rituals, teams, and spaces that drive their culture and behavior. It’s a process that he says starts with understanding the human needs at an organization, and learning how they play into its ultimate goals. If you’re curious to go deeper into the topics of this webcast and learn more about IDEO’s tools and mindsets for organizational design, join our Designing for Change online course: https://ideo.to/WybaDX

In our most recent Creative Confidence Series chat, IDEO managing director and Human-Centered Service Design instructor Melanie Bell-Mayeda and IDEO U’s Coe Leta Stafford shared stories and tips about how to use service design to bring more meaningful experiences to customers and organizations. Melanie is a Partner and Managing Director at IDEO San Francisco. She’s responsible for helping lead the firm's design for change work, which focuses on helping organizations and leaders realize their creative potential. In over a decade at IDEO, she’s played several roles leading different areas of the business, including those where design is bringing value to new and emerging markets. Her client portfolio includes the North Face, Gaiam, Citibank, Chase, and T-Mobile. Melanie is a Harvard College and Harvard Business School alumna. Learn more from IDEO Designers and get hands-on practice alongside a global community in our new Human-Centered Service Design online course: https://ideo.to/i3eOXd

Suz sat down with Brynn Harrington, director of People Growth at Facebook, to discuss the question, what’s truly motivating to people in the modern workplace? They also explored the topics of a recent Harvard Business Review article Brynn co-authored: The 3 Things Employees Really Want: Career, Community, Cause.

In our most recent Creative Confidence Series chat, IDEO U Dean Suzanne Gibbs Howard sat down with IDEO CEO Tim Brown for a conversation on Tim’s evolving thoughts on creative leadership and his focus on asking better questions. Learn the skills and mindsets of creative leadership from CEO of IDEO Tim Brown in his online course Leading for Creativity: ideo.to/sPBfy4