Become a Design Thinker

Dr. Wallace
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Become a Design Thinker

"Become a Design Thinker" is to serve people who believe they can create positive impacts on people and can’t tolerate being put in a passive and vulnerable position to make a change.  Design Thinking uses the designer’s mindset to see and solve problems differently. “Become a Design Thinker” is your choice to create a positive impact on people through a mindset change. We integrate Design Thinking with different management concepts to apply Design Thinking in daily work and life.  Learn to be a Design Thinker together. Become the designer of your work, your family and your life. You have the power to design a future better than today. 

  1. Become a Midnight Builder: Do Your Work When No One is Watching on You

    MAR 14

    Become a Midnight Builder: Do Your Work When No One is Watching on You

    We are working in a very fluid global business environment. Many of us may have the self-awareness that the knowledge we have learnt in school and the experience we have earned in the first half of our career life may not be sufficient to carry on in the remaining part of our career. We may struggle that we don’t have enough time to learn something new. Or we may struggle that the learning journey is very difficult, which you go two steps forward and one step backwards. Today, we will d...

    22 min
  2. Become a Good Servant of Time: Multiply Learning Outcomes in Scarcity of Time

    FEB 28

    Become a Good Servant of Time: Multiply Learning Outcomes in Scarcity of Time

    We are all granted for a fixed amount of time. Time does not belong to us. We don’t own our time. If we don’t use our time wisely, it will pass away. Everyone has only 24 hours a day. Creating extra time is impossible. But if you can apply the four principles discussed in the last episode, you can create extra moments that can be allocated for your lifelong learning. In today's episode, we will shift our focus. Instead of creating extra moments with a fixed amount of time every da...

    19 min

  3. FEB 14

    Become a Veteran: Turn Experience into Lifelong Strength Through Gritty Learning

    Learning Nomad is an idea to empower us to survive and thrive in the ever-changing workplace impacted by AI. It is a commitment to lifelong learning to build our self-awareness of the knowledge gap, self-orientation of growth direction and self-pacing learning habits in a fast-changing context. To embrace lifelong learning, we have to bust the following misbelief. We are too old. Why do we have to learn, again? We're constantly busy. How can we make extra time for learning in...

    28 min
  4. Become a Learning Nomad – Commit to Lifelong Learning to Ground Ourselves in a Fluid Working Terrain

    JAN 31

    Become a Learning Nomad – Commit to Lifelong Learning to Ground Ourselves in a Fluid Working Terrain

    In this episode, we’ll explore the concept of the Learning Nomad as a powerful metaphor for navigating today’s ever-changing working landscape. Just as nomads adapt to shifting environments by remaining flexible, resourceful, and open to new opportunities, adopting a similar mindset toward lifelong learning can empower us to thrive in uncertainty. We’ll dive into the mindset shift required to embrace lifelong learning—not just as a choice, but as an essential survival skill in a dynamic workp...

    29 min
  5. Become a Ghostwriter: Rent Your Pen to Convey Uncomfortable Messages That Make a Difference*

    JAN 17

    Become a Ghostwriter: Rent Your Pen to Convey Uncomfortable Messages That Make a Difference*

    *The name and some content of this episode are inspired by the book The Art and Business of Ghost-writing, written by Nicolas Cole. Our daily work and life. We may have occasions when we have to deliver a message that does not come from you and is uncomfortable to someone else. But we have the responsibility to tell the brutal facts or give a wake-up call. If you are a manager, you may need to flag the performance issue to your sub-ordinate. If you are a client relationship manager, you may ...

    23 min
  6. Become a Rehearsal Master: Observe to Serve

    JAN 3

    Become a Rehearsal Master: Observe to Serve

    Design thinkers are quiet to observe, patient to prepare, calm to speak and prompt to act behind the scenes to serve people you care about. In this episode, we will discuss how design thinkers serve people. We will talk more about the YOU mindset of design thinkers. Design thinkers deeply think and promptly act for people. We pursue to create a positive impact through our creativity, actions and service. Join the journey to become a design thinker to receive regular updates of ...

    20 min
  7. Become a Quilter: Weave Your Fragmented Stories to Create Meaningful Patterns.

    12/20/2024

    Become a Quilter: Weave Your Fragmented Stories to Create Meaningful Patterns.

    You may have fragmented stories when you look back on your past. These stories provide clues that may help you to reinvent your journey and suggest the next step forward. Like a Quilter, you can sew fragmented ideas into meaningful patterns. The pattern tells the stories of the quilter, about the self-discovery journey, about freedom, and about the community they serve. If you start to look into your stories, you can discover something hidden or forgotten, but something you can reinvent to be...

    23 min
  8. Become a Life Curator: Reframe Your Past to Retell Your Story.

    12/06/2024

    Become a Life Curator: Reframe Your Past to Retell Your Story.

    In this episode, we will explore how to reframe what had happened to us and turn it into a meaningful story. This story is not a nostalgic reminiscent. A meaningful story can connect our past and make sense of what we doing now. Most importantly, the story should open a path for us to take more steps toward a desirable future that we are pursuing. Like a curator, we can manage the meaningful collection of our memories and organise them in a way to convey a coherent theme that enhances t...

    17 min
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    "Become a Design Thinker" is to serve people who believe they can create positive impacts on people and can’t tolerate being put in a passive and vulnerable position to make a change.  Design Thinking uses the designer’s mindset to see and solve problems differently. “Become a Design Thinker” is your choice to create a positive impact on people through a mindset change. We integrate Design Thinking with different management concepts to apply Design Thinking in daily work and life.  Learn to be a Design Thinker together. Become the designer of your work, your family and your life. You have the power to design a future better than today. 

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    • Creator
      Dr. Wallace
    • Years Active
      2024 - 2025
    • Episodes
      25
    • Rating
      Clean
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      © 2025 Become a Design Thinker
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