The First Redemptive Car

The First Redemptive Car

This anecdote is due to two friends and colleagues: Steve Diller and Christopher Ireland. Steve’s research identified the Core Meaning at work, via his research, and Christopher Ireland lived it. The following is an excerpt from the book, A Whole New Strategy....
Interview: Brenda Laurel

Interview: Brenda Laurel

Nathan/ You have so much experience teaching and practicing design research at a level that is still rare these days. What do you consider design research and where and why is it appropriate? Brenda/ You can break it down into qualitative and quantitative or look at...
Interview with Steve Diller

Interview with Steve Diller

Nathan/ I wanted to ask you about research in the context of strategy, because it’s absolutely critical, but the type of research is, in fact, probably more critical than whether you do research or not. Obviously, there’s no point in doing bad research but...
Lectures on YouTube

Lectures on YouTube

I’ve started recording more succinct version of the lectures from my teaching at CCA. These cover a variety of subjects, including Design Thinking, Color, Type, Information Design, and in the future will include all of my presentations, including videos...
Blind Spot finally published

Blind Spot finally published

This book has been five years in the making, rewritten (from scratch) four times, and has finally shipped! My co-authors, Steve Diller and Sean Sauber, have worked tirelessly on it with me and it’s time to share it with the world. Douglas Rushkoff was kind...

Deccan Commons (a story of making meaning)

My husband passed away suddenly a few years ago. Once we’d all gotten over the initial shock, my daughter, who lives in Bangalore, suggested that I consider selling the house and moving out their way. I gave it a lot of thought. There was no question that the house,...