EP 82: Designing Creative Acts | Sarah Stein Greenberg

Design Lab with Bon Ku

How does design unlock your creative abilities? Why is it so hard for us to tolerate ambiguity? Can the fundamentals of design help us to learn more quickly?

Sarah Stein Greenberg is the Executive Director of the Stanford d.school. She leads a community of designers, faculty, and other innovative thinkers who help people unlock their creative abilities and apply them to the world. Sarah speaks regularly at universities and global conferences on design, business, and education. She holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a BA in history from Oberlin College. Sarah also serves as a trustee for Rare, a global conservation organization. Among other creative pursuits, she spends her free time as an underwater and wildlife photographer. She lives in San Francisco.

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Books from the d.school

Book: Creative Acts for Curious People by Sarah Stein Greenberg

Book: Make Space (awesome book about designing creative spaces)

Article: Recipe for a Tasty d.school

Resource: Teaching and Learning Studio faculty workshops

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