Design Thinking 101

Design #114

Design Thinking 101 is part of how Fluid Hive helps people think and solve like a designer.You'll hear designers' stories, lessons, ideas, resources, and tips. Our guests share insights into delivering change and results with design thinking, service design, behavioral design, user experience design and more, in business, social innovation, education, design, government, healthcare and other fields.

Operational Excellence in Design + Leadership + Design Ops with John Fukuda — DT101 E144
May 20, 2025 – 46:22
Building Sustainable Design Research Systems with Sam Zucker — DT101 E143
Feb 27, 2025 – 47:25
Architecture + Decision Design + Learning Spaces + Strategy with Adam Griff — DT101 E142
Dec 10, 2024 – 45:06
Joy, Transformation, and Design as Creative Liberation with Sahibzada Mayed — DT101 E141
Oct 29, 2024 – 49:58
Healthcare Design: Evidence-based, Business Fluent, and Change Prepared with Matt Van Der Tuyn — DT101 E140
Sep 24, 2024 – 42:38
Behavioral Science in Human-centered Design with Christina Hanschke — DT101 E139
Sep 3, 2024 – 01:01:23
Organizational Design + Strategy + Change with Stephanie Gioia — DT101 E138
Jun 25, 2024 – 39:01
Designing Your Career + UX for Small Business with Sarah Doody — DT101 E137
Jun 11, 2024 – 46:32
Design Ethics with George Aye — DT101 E136
May 28, 2024 – 56:45
Leading Design + Collaboration + Why Design Thinking with Kareem Collie — DT101 E135
May 14, 2024 – 56:32
Instructional Design + Adult Learning Experiences with Holly Owens — DT101 E134
Apr 30, 2024 – 38:16
5.5 Things Everyone Should Know about the Future of Higher Education with David Staley — DT101 E133
Apr 9, 2024 – 01:04:12
5 Ways Nobody Cares About You and How They Make You a Better Designer // ALD 014 — DT101 E132
Mar 26, 2024 – 04:09
Talk to the Elephant: Design Learning for Behavior Change with Julie Dirksen — DT101 E131
Mar 14, 2024 – 01:05:58
Learning Design Thinking + Shifting Mindsets + Facilitation with David Lemus — DT101 E130
Feb 27, 2024 – 40:53
Teaching and Applying Design Thinking in Higher Ed + The Experimentation Fieldbook with Liz Chen — E129
Feb 13, 2024 – 51:21
Design Social Change with Lesley-Ann Noel — DT101 E128
Jan 30, 2024 – 37:49
Radical Participatory Design + Relationships in Complex Systems Inclusive Design with Victor Udoewa — DT101 E127
Jan 16, 2024 – 59:58
Making Collaboration Mean Something + Inclusive Design with Pinar Guvenc — DT101 E126
Dec 12, 2023 – 34:43
Fulfilling Design Careers + Crafting Teams with Justin Dauer — DT101 E125
Nov 28, 2023 – 49:28
Relentless Curiosity, a Necessary Delight with Scott Shigeoka — DT101 E124
Nov 14, 2023 – 56:21
The Experimentation Field Book with Natalie Foley — DT101 E123
Oct 24, 2023 – 48:03
Healthcare + Systems + Risk + Design with Rob Lister — DT101 E122
Oct 10, 2023 – 44:34
Facilitation + Remote Teams + Miro with Shipra Kayan — DT101 E121
Sep 26, 2023 – 45:26
Nudging Systems + Equity-centered Design + Systems Thinking with Sheryl Cababa — DT101 E120
Sep 12, 2023 – 51:31
Design and Complex Systems in Healthcare + Design and Management with Kipum Lee — DT101 E119
Aug 29, 2023 – 01:08:01
Designing Feedback + Design Research and Workshops with Nahal Tavangar — DT101 E118
Aug 15, 2023 – 49:35
UX + Design Teams with Nick Finck — DT101 E117
Jul 25, 2023 – 54:57
Operations + Human Centered Design + Art with Alvin Schexnider — DT101 E116
Jul 11, 2023 – 49:48
Design Thinking in Practice: a conversation between Allen Higgins & Dawan Stanford — DT101 E115
Jun 20, 2023 – 01:06:48
Ethics + Education + Power + Design with Mike Monteiro — DT101 E114
Jun 6, 2023 – 49:56
Thinking, Solving & Transformative Communication: Design + Visualization with Hazel White — DT101 E113
May 23, 2023 – 39:44
Cognitive Bias + Ethics + Dreaming the Future of Design with David Dylan Thomas — DT101 E112
May 2, 2023 – 44:45
5.5 Things Every Designer Should Know About Appreciative Inquiry with Joan McArthur-Blair and Jeanie Cockell — DT101 E111
Apr 11, 2023 – 49:48
5.5 Things Every Designer Should Know About Positive Childhood Experiences with Robert Sege — DT101 E110
Mar 28, 2023 – 38:16
Healthcare Innovation + Nursing + Opportunities for Designers — DT101 E109
Mar 14, 2023 – 55:56
Designing a Learning System for the Good Life // ALD 013 — DT101 E108
Feb 28, 2023 – 08:21
Humans + AI + Design with Ruth Kikin-Gil — DT101 E107
Feb 14, 2023 – 40:44
5.5 Things Every Designer Should Know About Hacking Bureaucracy with Marina Nitze — DT101 E106
Jan 24, 2023 – 41:07
Learning to See and Respond to Racialized Design with Lisa Elzey Mercer — DT101 E105
Jan 10, 2023 – 48:11
Learning + Teaching + Design Thinking Impact in K-12 with Rich Wiener — DT101 E104
Dec 6, 2022 – 48:10
UX + Into, Through, and (Almost) Out of Design with Kara DeFrias — DT101 E103
Nov 22, 2022 – 48:38
5.5 Things Every Designer Should Know About: The Opioid Overdose Epidemic (Part 1) with Stacy Stanford — DT101 E102
Nov 8, 2022 – 20:31
Human-Centered Design + Designing Exceptional Customer Experiences with Lis Hubert and Diana Sonis — DT101 E101
Oct 25, 2022 – 47:13
Design for Good + Ethics + Social Impact with Sara Cantor — DT101 E100
Oct 11, 2022 – 39:58
Want Better Outcomes? Find Better Problems. // ALD 012 — DT101 E99
Sep 27, 2022 – 09:04
Designing with Government Partners + Hidden Design Phases with Chelsea Mauldin — DT101 E98
Sep 13, 2022 – 45:19
5.5 Things Every Designer Should Know About: The Future of Higher Education with Bryan Alexander — DT101 E97
Aug 23, 2022 – 51:57
Language + Design Research + Researcher Self-Care with Abby Bajuniemi — DT101 E96
Aug 9, 2022 – 46:04
5.5 Things Every Designer Should Know About Strategic Foresight with Bart Édes — DT101 E95
Jul 26, 2022 – 38:56

Recent Reviews

Burkejames

Practical and engaging

Full disclosure: I have known Dawan for a good while and his many positive qualities shine in these podcasts. He is unfailingly kind and supportive in his solo or interview podcasts. The information is always engaging, practical, and immediately useful. Highly recommended.
Bill in Pgh

Great interviews that step beyond “101”

This is an excellent podcast that at this point has a long archive of episodes worth listening to. The host and guests frame the information in ways that are inviting to newcomers to Design Thinking, but that also progressively step farther from “101-level” information into deeper advice that benefits regular practitioners of DT.
callmeasponge

Great host; great guests

I’ve been listening for a while and have some favorite episodes, but the recent one with Indi Young blew me away. It was so well presented and informative. Thank you for producing such a quality show with so many amazing people and ideas.
find-the-joy

Valuable — lucid and pleasant

Whether you are thoroughly trained in design thinking or a newbie — or in between — this podcast is valuable to you. The host leads the guests gently and confidently to deep discussions and real revelations that are useful not only for design thinking, but for all aspects of work and life. Lots to learn, pleasantly.