Become a Design Thinker

Dr. Wallace
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In Become a Design Thinker Podcast, we will explore life reinvention stories in different contexts from the perspective of Design Thinking, and see how the lessons learnt from these stories can be applied in our daily work and life. Design thinking is the designers’ mindset in the design process – how they discover the root problems and test possible solutions to keep making improvements. We will be uploading new episodes every two weeks. Our goal is to empower you with this design-thinking mindset so that you can reinvent your work and life by design.  "Become a Design Thinker" is your decision to step out for a change and to become who you aspire to be.

  1. The Sunk Cost Stronghold: What experience will make us thrive and what will hold me back?

    JAN 27

    The Sunk Cost Stronghold: What experience will make us thrive and what will hold me back?

    Sunk cost is the emotional debt from when we built our first act.  Today, we’re going to look into a critical factor that will hold us back, keep us pinned to that foundation even when we know it’s time to move - The Sunk Cost Stronghold. We are deeply grateful if you could take a moment to share your thoughts, ideas, or feedback with us. You can email us directly at: wallace@bdesignthinker.com Become a Design Thinker podcast serves individuals who believe in their ability to create positive change and refuse to be put in passive or vulnerable positions when it comes to shaping their future. Design thinking empowers you to approach problems from a fresh perspective. By adopting this designer’s mindset, you can develop innovative solutions that drive meaningful impact. Our goal is to integrate design thinking with various management concepts, making it applicable to your daily work and life. Become the designer of your work, your family, and your life. You have the power to design a future that is better than today!! Join the journey to become a design thinker to receive regular updates of insights by email: https://join.bdesignthinker.com/join Visit my website to learn more: https://bdesignthinker.com

    20 min
  2. 2026 Theme: Design Your Second Act

    JAN 13

    2026 Theme: Design Your Second Act

    We  launch the theme in 2026:  Design Your Second Act "Design your Second Act" is a design process to help you navigate from a stagnation stage to becoming significant in your world. And we call it a design process because you can't just think your way there. You can't solve a new future with the old playbook. Design starts with empathy—for yourself and the problem you want to solve. It involves research, learning, prototyping, testing, and multiplying. You aren't just jumping ship; you're the architect of your future self, thoughtfully building your next significant chapter by design.  Most people try to solve their life problems with the same thinking that created them. To reinvent yourself, you must stop being a 'Manager' of your past and start being the 'Designer' of your future.  Stop managing your past. Start designing your future. We are deeply grateful if you could take a moment to share your thoughts, ideas, or feedback with us. You can email us directly at: wallace@bdesignthinker.com Become a Design Thinker podcast serves individuals who believe in their ability to create positive change and refuse to be put in passive or vulnerable positions when it comes to shaping their future. Design thinking empowers you to approach problems from a fresh perspective. By adopting this designer’s mindset, you can develop innovative solutions that drive meaningful impact. Our goal is to integrate design thinking with various management concepts, making it applicable to your daily work and life. Become the designer of your work, your family, and your life. You have the power to design a future that is better than today!! Join the journey to become a design thinker to receive regular updates of insights by email: https://join.bdesignthinker.com/join Visit my website to learn more: https://bdesignthinker.com

    18 min
  3. Become a Design Thinker 2025 Reprise

    12/20/2025

    Become a Design Thinker 2025 Reprise

    We are coming to the end of 2025. Today, we will have a special episode - a reprise of our episodes in 2025. If you want to download the diagram for the 4-stages of transformation, here is the download link: https://join.bdesignthinker.com/growth We are deeply grateful if you could take a moment to share your thoughts, ideas, or feedback with us. You can email us directly at: wallace@bdesignthinker.com Become a Design Thinker podcast serves individuals who believe in their ability to create positive change and refuse to be put in passive or vulnerable positions when it comes to shaping their future. Design thinking empowers you to approach problems from a fresh perspective. By adopting this designer’s mindset, you can develop innovative solutions that drive meaningful impact. Our goal is to integrate design thinking with various management concepts, making it applicable to your daily work and life. Become the designer of your work, your family, and your life. You have the power to design a future that is better than today!! Join the journey to become a design thinker to receive regular updates of insights by email: https://join.bdesignthinker.com/join Visit my website to learn more: https://bdesignthinker.com

    24 min
  4. Become a Vulnerability Spotter: Reveal Your Strength Under Your Weakness

    12/06/2025

    Become a Vulnerability Spotter: Reveal Your Strength Under Your Weakness

    Most of you will think that strengths make us thrive. Weaknesses hold us back. It is half true.  If we do not reveal the shadow of strength - our pride, our ego, our bias we will face a bottleneck at some point of our growth journey.  If we accept our weaknesses as our vulnerability and ask for help, we may achieve unbelievable results. Weakness is not a bad thing always. But lacking the awareness of our weakness is a bad thing. We need to make a mindset shift to turn our reveal our strength hidden under our weakness.  We are deeply grateful if you could take a moment to share your thoughts, ideas, or feedback with us. You can email us directly at: wallace@bdesignthinker.com Become a Design Thinker podcast serves individuals who believe in their ability to create positive change and refuse to be put in passive or vulnerable positions when it comes to shaping their future. Design thinking empowers you to approach problems from a fresh perspective. By adopting this designer’s mindset, you can develop innovative solutions that drive meaningful impact. Our goal is to integrate design thinking with various management concepts, making it applicable to your daily work and life. Become the designer of your work, your family, and your life. You have the power to design a future that is better than today!! Join the journey to become a design thinker to receive regular updates of insights by email: https://join.bdesignthinker.com/join Visit my website to learn more: https://bdesignthinker.com

    22 min
  5. Become a Sapper: Destroy the Stronghold Hidden in Your Shadow of Strength

    11/21/2025

    Become a Sapper: Destroy the Stronghold Hidden in Your Shadow of Strength

    Like a fortress building on a spot that has a military advantage, where the army can easily defend the spot, our stronghold is built under the shadow of our strength, so that we are difficult to defeat.   We need to find a way to destroy our stronghold that is holding us back.  We used an analogy of a sapper to describe our strategies in tackling our stronghold.  We are fighting the enemy in our minds. And ironically, the enemy who is blocking our way to breakthrough is our strength. We are deeply grateful if you could take a moment to share your thoughts, ideas, or feedback with us. You can email us directly at: wallace@bdesignthinker.com Become a Design Thinker podcast serves individuals who believe in their ability to create positive change and refuse to be put in passive or vulnerable positions when it comes to shaping their future. Design thinking empowers you to approach problems from a fresh perspective. By adopting this designer’s mindset, you can develop innovative solutions that drive meaningful impact. Our goal is to integrate design thinking with various management concepts, making it applicable to your daily work and life. Become the designer of your work, your family, and your life. You have the power to design a future that is better than today!! Join the journey to become a design thinker to receive regular updates of insights by email: https://join.bdesignthinker.com/join Visit my website to learn more: https://bdesignthinker.com

    20 min
  6. Uncover What People Need | Bill Shander

    11/14/2025

    Uncover What People Need | Bill Shander

    Bill Shander is an author, educator, and information designer.  His courses in data storytelling, information design, and data visualization are on LinkedIn Learning and workshops around the world. He is a keynote speaker and has lectured for graduate and undergraduate students and staff at Harvard, Northeastern, Stanford, and more.  In this interview, we have a conversation around his book, Stakeholder Whispering: Uncover What People Need Before Doing What They Ask, published earlier this year. There are many good insights we can gain from the conversation about how we can listen to people empathically. We are deeply grateful if you could take a moment to share your thoughts, ideas, or feedback with us. You can email us directly at: wallace@bdesignthinker.com Become a Design Thinker podcast serves individuals who believe in their ability to create positive change and refuse to be put in passive or vulnerable positions when it comes to shaping their future. Design thinking empowers you to approach problems from a fresh perspective. By adopting this designer’s mindset, you can develop innovative solutions that drive meaningful impact. Our goal is to integrate design thinking with various management concepts, making it applicable to your daily work and life. Become the designer of your work, your family, and your life. You have the power to design a future that is better than today!! Join the journey to become a design thinker to receive regular updates of insights by email: https://join.bdesignthinker.com/join Visit my website to learn more: https://bdesignthinker.com

    38 min
  7. Become a Torcher: Shine on the Stronghold That Holds You Back

    11/07/2025

    Become a Torcher: Shine on the Stronghold That Holds You Back

    Stronghold is a mindset that prisons our growth mindset and forces us to believe that the current situation cannot be changed.  A stronghold refers to a self-limiting belief system shaped by upbringing, culture, and past experiences. It becomes a cognitive prison—a mindset that worked before but now blocks our growth, discourages risk-taking, and reinforces the idea that “things can't change” even though it is not true. The truth is, you can be changed. The problem is that you aren't aware of your speculations that separate your identity from a bigger self and greater truth. How can we discover our stronghold if it is hidden in the shadow of our strength? We used a quadrant approach to discuss our topic. You can download the Quadrant diagram through this link so that you can use the new approach to tackle your problems. If you find it useful, please share it with those you care about: https://join.bdesignthinker.com/growth We are deeply grateful if you could take a moment to share your thoughts, ideas, or feedback with us. You can email us directly at: wallace@bdesignthinker.com Become a Design Thinker podcast serves individuals who believe in their ability to create positive change and refuse to be put in passive or vulnerable positions when it comes to shaping their future. Design thinking empowers you to approach problems from a fresh perspective. By adopting this designer’s mindset, you can develop innovative solutions that drive meaningful impact. Our goal is to integrate design thinking with various management concepts, making it applicable to your daily work and life. Become the designer of your work, your family, and your life. You have the power to design a future that is better than today!! Join the journey to become a design thinker to receive regular updates of insights by email: https://join.bdesignthinker.com/join Visit my website to learn more: https://bdesignthinker.com

    24 min
  8. Become a Midnight Builder II - Create in the Darkness to Serve the Unknown

    10/24/2025

    Become a Midnight Builder II - Create in the Darkness to Serve the Unknown

    You are in the darkness. You don't know where to go. You feel stuck. You want to find a way out. No one cares about what you are doing. You are always being ignored or put aside. It is one of the best moments in your life. This is because no one cares about your work. You have the freedom to create something new. While no one has expectations and goal setting for you, you have plenty of time to review your work and reinvent what you can do next.  In this episode, we will see how we create a breakthrough by doing our creation in the darkness to serve the unknown audience. We used a quadrant approach to discuss our topic. You can download the Quadrant diagram through this link so that you can use the new approach to tackle your problems. If you find it useful, please share it with those you care about: https://join.bdesignthinker.com/growth We are deeply grateful if you could take a moment to share your thoughts, ideas, or feedback with us. You can email us directly at: wallace@bdesignthinker.com Become a Design Thinker podcast serves individuals who believe in their ability to create positive change and refuse to be put in passive or vulnerable positions when it comes to shaping their future. Design thinking empowers you to approach problems from a fresh perspective. By adopting this designer’s mindset, you can develop innovative solutions that drive meaningful impact. Our goal is to integrate design thinking with various management concepts, making it applicable to your daily work and life. Become the designer of your work, your family, and your life. You have the power to design a future that is better than today!! Join the journey to become a design thinker to receive regular updates of insights by email: https://join.bdesignthinker.com/join Visit my website to learn more: https://bdesignthinker.com

    21 min
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In Become a Design Thinker Podcast, we will explore life reinvention stories in different contexts from the perspective of Design Thinking, and see how the lessons learnt from these stories can be applied in our daily work and life. Design thinking is the designers’ mindset in the design process – how they discover the root problems and test possible solutions to keep making improvements. We will be uploading new episodes every two weeks. Our goal is to empower you with this design-thinking mindset so that you can reinvent your work and life by design.  "Become a Design Thinker" is your decision to step out for a change and to become who you aspire to be.

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  • Creator
    Dr. Wallace
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    49
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