

Creative Confidence Podcast
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IDEO’s Creative Confidence Podcast shares candid conversations with creative leaders, changemakers, and innovators navigating today’s most pressing challenges. Through real-world stories and insights, we explore how to lead with creativity, build resilient teams, and drive innovation. Grounded in IDEO’s 40 years of expertise in design thinking and innovation, each episode offers inspiration and practical tools for audacious leaders at every stage of their careers. Hosted by Mina Seetharaman, Head of New Ventures at IDEO, the podcast brings a human-centered lens to the complexities of making more courageous futures.
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24 snips
Jun 29, 2023 • 34min
Influence as a Remote or Hybrid Worker: Sacha Connor
Learn how to create a remote influence plan from Sacha Connor, Founder of Virtual Work Insider.
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Jun 20, 2023 • 31min
How to Use Data for Innovation: Bo Peng
Learn how to use data to uncover opportunities for innovation and better understand people and problems from Bo Peng, Senior Portfolio Director of Data Science at IDEO.
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27 snips
May 25, 2023 • 36min
Leading Change: Deirdre Cerminaro and Bryan Walker
Why leading change always starts with people, and tools you can try to make people the catalysts for change.
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May 18, 2023 • 36min
How to Confront Bias at Work: Kim Scott
Learn a framework for identifying bias, prejudice and bullying and choosing a response; tools leaders can use to disrupt bias; and ways to be an upstander at work.
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Apr 20, 2023 • 32min
Belonging at Work: Susie Wise
The 3 foundational elements of belonging, and the tools and levers of design you can use to foster it.
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17 snips
Apr 12, 2023 • 33min
Customer Centricity: Leslie Witt
How organizations can shift toward more customer centricity, and why it starts with employee health.
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41 snips
Mar 29, 2023 • 37min
Creative Leadership: Tim Brown
Tips for how leaders can tap into creativity to solve today’s biggest challenges from IDEO Co-Chair Tim Brown.
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Mar 16, 2023 • 37min
Designing Memorable Experiences: Kai Frazier
Insights on creating inspiring educational experiences from Kai Frazier, Founder and CEO of edtech startup Kai XR.
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9 snips
Feb 21, 2023 • 36min
Work Friendships: Kat Vellos
Why workplace friendships are important, tips for making friends at work, and how to deepen connections with better conversations.
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34 snips
Jan 27, 2023 • 40min
Motivation at Work: Dan Ariely and Wardah Malik
Lessons on different types of motivators, what behavioral science can teach us about motivation, and the importance of intrinsic motivators in the workplace.
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