Creative acts for curious people : how to think, create, and lead in unconventional ways (Stanford dschool library)
by Greenberg, Sarah Stein (Author)
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"In an era of ambiguous, messy problems--as well as extraordinary opportunities for positive change--it's vital to have both an inquisitive mind and the ability to act with intention. Creative Acts for Curious People is filled with ways to build those skills with resilience, care, and confidence. At... Full description
Table of Contents:
- Foreword /
- David M. Kelley
- Introduction -
- Getting Started -
- The Assignments: Find Your Path
- Blind Contour Bookend -
- How to Talk to Strangers -
- The Derive -
- Handle with Care -
- Immersion for Insight -
- Shadowing -
- Fundamentals -
- A Seeing Exercise -
- Talkers & Listeners -
- The Wordless Conversation -
- Favorite Warm-Up Sequence -
- Interview Essentials -
- Party Park Parkway -
- Maturity, Muscle, Variety -
- Empathy in Motion -
- What's in Your Fridge? -
- Expert Eyes
- The Journey from Not Knowing to Knowing -
- Learning How You Learn -
- Identify, Acknowledge, Challenge -
- Practicing Metaphors -
- Direct Your Curiosity -
- Remember That Time -
- The Monsoon Challenge -
- ABC Sketching -
- Reflections & Revelations -
- The Girl on a Chair -
- How We Are -
- Bisociation -
- The Secret Handshake -
- Map the Design Space -
- Rock Paper Scissors Tournament -
- First Date, Worst Date -
- The Solution Already Exists -
- How Are You Doing, Really?
- Widening Your Lens -
- Fresh Eyes Sketching -
- Unpacking Exercises -
- Frame & Concept -
- Making Morning Coffee -
- Five Chairs -
- The Hundred-Foot Journey Map -
- Everyone Designs -
- Protobot -
- Experts/Assumptions -
- Stakeholder Mapping -
- The Banana Challenge -
- Micro-Mindfulness Exercises -
- A Day in the Life
- The Feeling of Learning -
- Tether -
- Solutions Tic-Tac-Toe -
- A Briefcase Viewpoint -
- Instant Replay -
- Tell Your Granddad -
- Distribution Prototyping -
- When to Change Your Mind -
- Embodied Prototyping -
- The Test of Silence -
- How to Give Feedback -
- What? So What? Now What? -
- High Fidelity, Low Resolution
- Productive Struggle -
- I Like, I Wish -
- What Went Down -
- Your Inner Ethicist -
- The Futures Wheel -
- Units of Energy Critique -
- More Brave People -
- Build a Bot -
- Designing Tools for Teams -
- This Assignment Is a Surprise -
- The Final Final -
- Personal Project -
- Learning Journey Maps
- Putting It All Together -
- The Haircut -
- The Ramen Project -
- Family Evening Experience -
- Thirty-Million-Word Gap -
- Organ Donation Experience -
- Stanford Service Corps -
- Post-Disaster Finance -
- Taking Responsibility -
- Scope Your Own Challenge -
- I Used to Think & Now I Think
- Creative Acts: Behind the Scenes
- The Haircut: A Design Challenge.