January 17, 2025

Learning

'How to Talk to Strangers' and 80 other tools to help navigate uncertainty with resilience and purpose

"In an era of ambiguous, messy problems—as well as extraordinary opportunities for positive change—it’s vital to have both an inquisitive mind and the ability to act with intention. Creative Acts for Curious People is filled with ways to build those skills with resilience, care, and confidence.

"In an era of ambiguous, messy problems—as well as extraordinary opportunities for positive change—it’s vital to have both an inquisitive mind and the ability to act with intention. Creative Acts for Curious People is filled with ways to build those skills with resilience, care, and confidence. 

"At Stanford University’s world-renowned Hasso Plattner Institute of Design, aka “the d.school,” students and faculty, experts and seekers bring together diverse perspectives to tackle ambitious projects; this book contains the experiences designed to help them do it. A provocative and highly visual companion, it’s a definitive resource for people who aim to draw on their curiosity and creativity in the face of uncertainty. Teeming with ideas about discovery, learning, and leading the way through unknown creative territory, Creative Acts for Curious People includes memorable stories and more than eighty innovative exercises." - Publisher's blurb

PUBLISHER'S WEBPAGE: Creative Acts for Curious People: How to Think, Create, and Lead in Unconventional Ways

Creative Process

Learning

How the design of spaces, places, images and objects impacts the lives of those branded as marginalized

BOOK REVIEW: Transformation and Resilience

Learning

Learning to use emissions and residues to make new products

ARTICLE: Vineyards of the Future Will Produce More Than Wine

Learning

“People are incredibly generous, and creativity has no limits."

ARTICLE: The Two Pages Sketchbooks Have Travelled The World, And Will Restore Your Faith In Creativity

Learning

Reparative reading leaves "an enor­mous space, in which anything, nothing, something could happen next."

ARTICLE: Bad Surprises