

Creative Confidence Podcast
IDEO U
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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Mar 5, 2024 • 37min
The Power of Play: Michelle Lee
Discover the power of play in problem-solving with Michelle Lee. Learn about transitioning from engineering to toy design, the shift in problem-solving approaches, and how embracing a playful mindset can enhance creativity and collaboration. Michelle Lee shares insights on leveraging complexity for innovative problem-solving and the importance of creativity in finding solutions.

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Nov 21, 2023 • 32min
Insights in Action: Arianna McClain
Arianna McClain, Head of Research & Insights at Cruise, shares insights on what makes a good insight and how to make customer research impactful. The importance of both qualitative and quantitative research methods is discussed, along with tips for developing actionable insights. The speakers also emphasize the power of storytelling and the importance of prioritizing people in a work context.

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Sep 20, 2023 • 34min
Why Strategic Planning Feels like a Waste of Time: Roger Martin
Roger Martin, strategy advisor and bestselling author, discusses the distinction between strategic planning and strategy, emphasizing the importance of influencing customer behavior and creating a unique value proposition. They also explore common mistakes in planning strategy and give advice on making strategic choices and understanding customer needs.

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Aug 3, 2023 • 33min
How to Test Value Propositions: Angel Annunciacao
Learn design tools for testing value propositions, how to understand willingness to pay, and how to uncover insights to help finetune your value proposition.
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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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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.
View the show notes, transcript and recap at https://ideo.in/kimscott

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.
View the visuals and resources discussed in this episode at https://ideo.in/susie

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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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