Ideation - The power of the team

Attending Stanford's Design Studio transformed my approaches with meetings and brainstorming at work. I have incorporated their design thinking into student meetings, faculty meetings, curriculum design, classrooms, workshops. My favorite aspect about it is that every voice gets heard, every idea gets equal representation and is voted on by the team. Good ideas can be created by anyone, from the first year student or the retired President/Dean/Chair of a University. And it is always good to include ideas which challenge the status quo, invite people who have different opinions. The voting process allows the best idea made by the team to be prototyped and tested on. Love it. I will post some examples in my next posts.

The Power of Meaning - Crafting a Life that Matters by Emily Esfahani Smith

I had the privilege of meeting Ms Smith at a conference and she signed her book for me. Highly recommend her book for anyone.

My Book is NOW available!

"Success After Graduate School" is hot off the press!
Thanks for all the support - it took a year to write and 2 years to edit, illustrate and set. Hope you enjoy!

GPD Featured as a "Best Practice" by the Conference Board of Canada

http://www.conferenceboard.ca/e-library/abstract.aspx?did=7564

Featured on University Affairs!

http://www.universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/career-advice-article/professional-development-program-teaches-valuable-soft-skills-science-phds/

My comments on Dr. Leshner's Science Article on "Rethinking graduate education"

Joined the discussion on this timely topic.
http://comments.sciencemag.org/content/10.1126/science.aac9592#comments

Published in University Affairs Article on "Training the Trainers"

Enjoy!

http://www.universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/career-advice-article/training-the-trainers/