We’re looking for a full time Finance and Talent Administrator to join our wayward team. Someone who is a… * financial transaction god/goddess and * human human resource wrangler and * lover of wheels and red couches Check out the job posting: http://stanford.io/12UjKVZ Stanford experience a plus… a heart for people a must.
We are pretty excited about something George Kembel, our co-founder, is embarking on in January. He has been asking the question, “how might we begin to nurture creative potential and unleash innovation at global scale”? To immerse himself in this challenge, George has partnered with a fellow wayward thinker, Daniel Epstein, founder of Unreasonable Institute,…
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We were delighted to learn that a new book out called “The Laws of Subtraction” features a section on d.school faculty member Perry Klebahn. For those of you who have experienced Perry’s deft touch as a teacher, coach or leader, you know he’s truly one of a kind. Bob Sutton, who co-authored the piece, said…
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The d.school is thrilled to announce that Susie Wise will be rejoining us to lead the next chapter of our efforts in K12 education. (A side note: we like call her “Dr. Wise,” because she is…!) Susie has been a creative force in the d.school since its earliest days. From helping to design & teach…
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Caroline O’Connor, our Storyteller-in-Chief, is heading over to Google Ventures to be a designer-in-residence this fall. After starting her first company in the d.school’s Launchpad course last year, Caroline is excited to dive deeper into helping founding teams iterate their way to a product/market fit. She’ll be joining the hands-on design studio team at Google…
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We are thrilled that d.school Lecturer Krista Donaldson has been recognized as one of Fast Company’s Co.Design 50 this year! Krista is an engineer and Ideo alumna who leads D-Rev, a not-for-profit whose mission is to improve the health and incomes of people living on less than $4 per day, through inventions such as the…
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We are thrilled to learn that Fast Company has selected d.school co-founder and Executive Director George Kembel as one of their Design 50 honorees this year! George has been a central part of the d.school since its beginning, with a passion for fundamentally transforming how we educate our children, how we lead our organizations, and…
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We lost an amazing design pioneer when Bill Moggridge passed away on September 8. Not only did Bill co-found IDEO and helm the Cooper Hewitt, Bill helped inspire and frame the earliest ideas of what the d.school might be. Many d.school faculty and students gratefully remember his mentoring, his nurturing heart, his optimism and encouragement,…
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The d.school’s flagship class, Design Thinking Bootcamp, consistently draws students from every school and program to work together on team-based approaches to real-world challenges. Want a glimpse of what it’s like? Justin Ferrell, the Director of Digital, Mobile and New Product Design for the Washington Post, is on campus for a one-year long Knight journalism…
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The d.school is announcing an important transition in our family. Rich Crandall, director of our K-12 Lab since 2008, is joining the team at NewSchools Venture Fund as Associate Partner. A Teach for America alum with an MBA from Stanford, Rich spent four years at the d.school focused on spreading design thinking amongst K-12 educators…
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