Creative Confidence Podcast
The IDEO U Creative Confidence Podcast hosts candid conversations with some of today’s most inspiring change makers, design thinkers, and creative minds. IDEO U Executive Design Director Coe Leta Stafford and Founder Suzanne Gibbs Howard speak with guests about their approach to leadership, creativity, innovation, and growth. Get insight into their success through personal stories and real-world examples, and learn how to bring a human-centered approach to your own work.
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How to Take Action and Shape Your Future Today
Join us for a live conversation with Dr. Frederik G. Pferdt, Google’s first Chief Innovation Evangelist and Author of What’s Next is Now: How to Live Future Ready. We’ll discuss how to:
- Shape your future through small actions today.
- Cultivate empathy for your future self to inspire present-day decisions.
- Navigate uncertainty with perpetual experimentation.
- Identify your dimension X, the unique lens through which you see the world.
Latest Episodes
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Unlock the Power of Systems Thinking: Deirdre Cerminaro
Learn the core mindsets of systems thinking to tackle complex problems. Our beginner's guide helps you zoom in and out, shift perspectives, and reframe challenges for lasting solutions.
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The Role of Human-Centered Leadership in the Age of AI: Tim Brown
Discover the importance of human-centered leadership and AI. Learn how to balance technological advancements with empathy and ethics to drive sustainable success with Chair of IDEO, Tim Brown.
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Humanistic AI: Tom Gruber, Co-Creator of Siri
In this episode of the Creative Confidence Podcast, we speak with Tom Gruber—product designer, entrepreneur, and co-creator of Siri. He shares critical skills to get the most out of AI, why AI needs human-centered design, and the ethics of using AI tools.
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How to Design Products & Services for Impact
Master product strategy with IDEO's Design Director, YC Sun. Discover common challenges and insights on designing impactful products in this expert interview.
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Why Curiosity is a Business Imperative: Scott Shigeoka
Learn why curiosity is one of the most important skills for leaders today, plus tangible tips and activities that we can practice to build our curiosity muscles, from Scott Shigeoka, curiosity expert and author of the new book, SEEK: How Curiosity Can Transform Your Life and Change the World.
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How Great Leaders Use Friction: Bob Sutton
Learn how great leaders use friction to make the right things easier and the wrong things harder with Bob Sutton, organizational psychologist and New York Times best selling author.
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The Power of Play: Michelle Lee
Learn about how play gives us permission to dream and diverge with Michelle Lee, Managing Director at IDEO and Instructor of our latest Creative Thinking for Complex Solving course.
Popular Episodes
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Unapologetically Ambitious: Shellye Archambeau
Shellye Archambeau, one of tech's 1st Black female CEOs, Fortune 500 Board Member, author of Unapologetically Ambitious, on how to set a clear vision and raise your risk tolerance.
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Lead by Empowering Others: Lauren Collins & Frances Frei
In this episode, IDEO’s Lauren Collins and Harvard Business School Professor Frances Frei discuss how to level up your leadership practice by honing the skills and mindsets needed to empower your team and organization.
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Presentation Story Arcs: Ann Kim
Learn about the elements of a story, story arcs, why and how to experiment with your story arcs, and examples from the healthcare and entertainment worlds.
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Getting Started with Strategic Planning: Roger Martin
Strategy advisor Roger Martin shares how to identify your strategic problem and avoid common mistakes in strategic planning.
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Facilitative Leadership: Dabney Hailey
We talked with Dabney Hailey, founder and principal of Hailey Group, about the Visual Thinking Strategies (or VTS) method, why it works, how to bring elements of it into your daily practice, and why leaders should shift to the facilitative leadership style this method teaches.
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Storytelling for Entrepreneurs: Tom Kelley
IDEO’s Tom Kelley shares his storytelling tips and the 4 stories entrepreneurs need to know.
