The influence of web and mobile technologies on traditional industries has lead to a shift in the skills needed to get a job. Design thinking is an approach to problem solving that utilizes visual thinking to test and iterate. In this workshop we’ll look at the ways you can use design thinking to teach yourself a new skill. We’ll talk about the philosophy behind design thinking as well as ways of incorporating its tenants into learning practices.
2. Nate Cooper
• WORDPRESS SINCE 2005, HTML SINCE 1997
• SIMPLE LABS, FOUNDER (WP CONSULTANCY)
• TEACH WP & FRONT END: SVA, GA, 92Y
• PRESENTATIONS AT AMAZON, APPLE, SXSW
• BUILD YOUR OWN WEBSITE COMIC BOOK
• FOUNDER REBOOT
32. “I am your resentment,
and I am here to tell you
that you are underappreciated.”
33. 1. Clear a space.
2. Get hold of a feeling.
3. Apply labels.
4. Test the label or labels.
5. Ask for meaning.
6. Receive the meaning, feel a shift.
FOCUSING : The six steps
46. 10 Growth Mindset Statements
What can I say to myself?
Instead of: Try thinking:
I’m not good at this.
I’m awesome at this.
I give up.
This is too hard.
I can’t make this any better.
I just can’t do Math.
I made a mistake.
She’s so smart. I will never be that smart.
It’s good enough.
Plan “A” didn’t work.
What am I missing?
I’m on the right track.
I’ll use some of the strategies we’ve learned.
This may take some time and effort.
I can always improve so I’ll keep trying.
I’m going to train my brain in Math.
Mistakes help me to learn better.
I’m going to figure out how she does it.
is it really my best work?
Good thing the alphabet has 25 more letters!
47. Flow
“The state in which people are so involved
in an activity that nothing else seems to
matter; the experience itself is so
enjoyable that people will do it even at
great cost, for the sheer sake of doing it.”
48. “If you find yourself asking yourself (and your
friends), "Am I really a writer? Am I really an
artist?" chances are you are. The counterfeit
innovator is wildly self-confident. The real one
is scared to death.”
― Steven Pressfield, The War of Art: Break
Through the Blocks & Win Your Inner Creative
Battles
Notas del editor
Using design methods to solve problems: gathering, organizing & visualizing information to generate new ideas and solve problems creatively.
When solving problems, we use our brains in the wrong ways. Design thinking methods work with our brains rather than against them.
Sometimes looking is preferable to thinking.
https://www.interaction-design.org/literature/article/three-common-models-of-the-brain-to-help-you-develop-better-user-experiences
The word egg shown to the right hemisphere. The subject will choose an egg from behind a screen. “It’s what I had for breakfast.”
The bottom part deals with the four F’s. When it’s really ‘on,’ the higher layers are somewhat impotent.
The mammal layer adds more learning, but it’s very automatic. Social emotions enter in.
The top adds more social nuance, language, reasoning.
Visual processing is way in the back. It’s close to the control over our bodies.
https://www.interaction-design.org/literature/article/three-common-models-of-the-brain-to-help-you-develop-better-user-experiences
Daniel Kahneman Thinking Fast and Slow
evolutionarily: old vs. new • pattern recognition vs. error-detection • confirms vs. disconfirms • fast vs. slow • huge capacity vs. limited capacity • error -prone vs. rigorous • not introspectable vs. introspectable • not calorie-dependent vs. highly calorie-dependent
You’re thinking too hard. Try softer. Easy does it. Use your eyes.
Goldiloxing
trivial: at least one solution that’s not difficult, complicated, or expensive.
wicked: different definitions of the problem, every ‘solution’ has some fatal flaw
Scales
size: small
complexity: low
definition: problem is clearly defined...
discreteness: bounded...
solutions: exist & are not expensive, complex or difficult...
uniqueness: common…dime-a-dozen
stopping rule: short term...
Scales
size:vast
complexity: very high
[definition:no agreed definition]
discreteness: borders on many other problems
solutions: no agreement…may not exist
identity: unique
stopping rule: no clear end
Scales
size: small...vast
complexity: low...high...NOT very high
[definition: clearly defined...MAYBE NOT no agreed definition]
discreteness: bounded...fuzzy...borders on many other problems
solutions: exist but are flawed...expensive, complex or difficult...no agreement…
uniqueness: …familiar but different...type...unique elements
stopping rule:...disagreement vs. never being done….
Difference between experts and beginners is more instances of the problem
Difference between experts and beginners is more instances of the problem
Error detection as seeing things towards the next move.
Focusing
Agile development/Scrum, Hackathons
NYC APPS MEETUP 2359, Women in Tech, New York Android Developers 3,745, NYTECH MEETUP 52,019, WORDPRESS MEETUP 5,536
$5000 - $10000 “We have a part-time program for $1500”
model/diagram...crystal ball
Poor problem-solving implies having a faulty mental model--one that can’t be used to ‘calculate’ or make accurate predictions.
Behavioral economics shows that human reasoning is ‘bounded’ and biased.
We misjudge values (among others risks and rewards, losses and gains), but introducing comparisons often reduces these misjudgments.
We use unconscious reference levels.
Without an explicit point of comparison, people use one unconsciously. Introducing an explicit one eliminates this effect (but can introduce others). http://www.advancedwebranking.com/blog/eight-proven-pricing-strategies-guarantee-conversions/
We overweight small risks while underweighting large ones.
We avoid risk to achieve a positive gain but accept too much risk to avoid a loss. Stay on with a client because we’ve already done so much.
vs. in separate estimations.We exaggerate differences in a paired comparison
Solving a problem often involves reframing it or redefining it.
Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D., is one of the world’s leading researchers in the field of motivation and is the Lewis and Virginia Eaton Professor of Psychology at Stanford University. She has held professorships at Columbia and Harvard Universities.
Take a moment to ask yourself which approach you take to this