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      Three mindsets inspired by web3 and how to apply those ideas to your business, whether you’re in the digital space or not.
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    • How to Envision the Future To Create Innovative Products
      Learn tips and techniques to create future-forward products and experiences, with inspiration from IDEO’s work in mobility.
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      Systems Thinking Resources: 9 Books, Articles & Videos to Get Started by IDEO U
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    • How to Think in Systems for Greater Impact

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      Six things to know about human-centered systems thinking, a holistic approach to problem solving that starts with people.

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      Are you struggling with a challenge at work and wish you could get some words of wisdom from someone who’s been there? In our new Creative Confidence Podcast series, Mentor Moment, we call on IDEO professionals to help our IDEO U community.

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    • Play at Work: 7 Ways to Shift Your Mindset and Unlock Innovation

      IDEO’s Michelle Lee and Brendan Boyle

      IDEO’s Michelle Lee and Brendan Boyle share small ways you can experiment with bringing a playful mindset into your work and examples of using play to surface innovative approaches to serious challenges.

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    • How Creative Leaders Play the Long Game for Innovation

      Hernán Carranza stands in front of a long table and kitchen area in the office of La Victoria Lab.Intercorp’s Chief Innovation Officer Hernán Carranza shares how innovation keeps a company moving toward realizing their purpose and ways creative leaders can act now to have long-term impact.

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    • Sal Khan on Leading for Impact and Rethinking Education

      Sal Khan, the founder of Khan Academy shares on leadership and education

      Khan Academy Founder Sal Khan reflects on the past, present, and future of Khan Academy and shares his vision for the evolution of education. If you hope to have greater impact in the world or you’re working up the courage to take a chance on a business idea, look to Sal’s journey for inspiration.

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      Bring Design Thinking to Your Workplace

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      It happens to the best of us. You’ve got a great idea and you’re excited to make it happen. But when you introduce this brilliant gem to the organization—wham! Up go the roadblocks. Obstacles to innovation can creep up when you least expect them.

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      We sat down with IDEO Toy Lab Founder Brendan Boyle to talk about getting comfortable with divergent thinking and moving from ideation to real innovations in the marketplace. Here are a few of our favorite highlights...
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    • Creating Company Values Beyond Profit

      Tim Brown Creating Company Values

      When the company purpose focuses on making a meaningful change in the world, it stokes employees’ passion, inspires them, and injects powerful meaning into their work. 

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