Insight Is an Epiphany, Not a Framework: Jane Fulton Suri
Jane Fulton Suri spent nearly four decades defining the craft of design research. She says it’s less about collecting information and more a...
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The IDEO U Creative Confidence Podcast hosts candid conversations with some of today’s most inspiring change makers, design thinkers, and creative minds. IDEO Partners and IDEO U leaders Suz...
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How to Use AI as an Editor, Not a Writer: Ed White
Ed White has a rule he's tested on his own writing: hold yourself as the writer, and let AI be your editor. Ed is a Senior Design Director a...
Storytelling for Entrepreneurs: Tom Kelley (Replay)
Storytelling isn't a nice-to-have for entrepreneurs. It's often the only asset you have before you have a brand, a product, or proof. In thi...
Building a Personal AI for the Messiness of Life: Sida Li
Most AI products today are built for work—a space with clear problems and established systems. One founder noticed a gap: personal life is m...
Designing GenAI for the Emotional Side of Money: Johannes Seemann
Most personal financial tools are built to run the numbers and optimize towards a budget. While that works for some, most people experience...
The Curious Leader's Edge in Uncertainty: Scott Shigeoka
We talk a lot about curiosity as a mindset. Scott Shigeoka lives it as a practice. Right now he’s driving a 25-foot purple van across the co...
How Constraints Make Us More Creative: David Epstein
We're told more is always better—more options, more resources, more freedom. But David Epstein spent years looking at the science, and what...
The Decisiveness Crisis in Senior Leadership Teams: Sam Conniff
Two thirds of leaders say they would rather be seen as decisive and get it wrong than appear uncertain and get it right. It may sound illogi...
How to Not Know: Simone Stolzoff
We have more information than any generation in history. And we're more anxious about the future than ever. So what's going wrong? In this e...
AI Tools for Researchers, Patterns vs. Insights, and When to Trust AI Output: Q&A with Angela Kochoska
Angela Kochoska, Design Researcher and Data Scientist at IDEO and co-instructor in IDEO U's new course, Human-Centered Research with AI, joi...
How to Use AI For More Human-Centered Research: Hannah Rosenfeld
AI is changing what it means to be a researcher. But most teams are only using it one way—to go faster. In this episode, Hannah Rosenfeld, E...
6 Patterns for Building Organizational Agility: Clay Parker Jones
Most organizations don’t fail because their ideas are wrong. They fail because the systems underneath those ideas aren’t designed to support...
How Great Teams Leverage Tension as a Source of Innovation: Daniel Coyle (Replay)
Tension on your team isn’t always a problem to solve. In fact, it’s often a signal you’re doing meaningful work. In this replay episode, bes...
What Gets In the Way of Trust on Teams: Q&A with Ben Swire
There are many hidden barriers to building trust on teams, and sometimes we don’t see them until something breaks down. In this episode of t...
Building Risk-Taking Teams: Ben Swire
Team building often feels like a necessary evil. Leaders know it matters, but too often it feels awkward, forced, or disconnected from real...
Playful Thinking Under Pressure: Q&A with Cas Holman & Michelle Lee
How do leaders apply playful thinking at work when time is short and the stakes are high? In this Q&A episode of the Creative Confidence Pod...
How a Playful Mindset Leads to Better Work: Cas Holman & Michelle Lee
Play isn’t the opposite of serious work. Iit’s a leadership mindset that helps teams stay curious, creative, and effective under pressure. I...
Leadership Philosophies in Practice & Building Creative Teams: Q&A with Mike Peng
IDEO CEO Mike Peng returns to the Creative Confidence Podcast to answer questions from listeners about modern creative leadership. Building...
Part 2: Honest, Realistic, and Optimistic Leadership Advice from Friends of IDEO
The creative leadership advice continues. In Part 2, creative leaders including IDEO partners, alumni, and IDEO U instructors share hard-won...
Key Abilities of Creative Problem-Solvers: David Kelley (Replay)
This episode is a Creative Confidence Podcast replay. In celebration of 20 years of the Stanford d.school, we’re revisiting our conversation...