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100 Things I Learned at the d.school: Life is a big improv show (#3)

100 Things I Learned at the d.school: Life is a big improv show (#3)

My time at the d.school taught me that the most valuable education I ever received was the one I pursued on stage.
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Emi Kolawole
100 Things I learned at the d.school: It’s not about you (#2)

100 Things I learned at the d.school: It’s not about you (#2)

It’s tempting to make yourself the center of a project, but great design thrives on the opposite.
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Emi Kolawole
100 Things I learned at the d.school: Always bring the fun (#1)

100 Things I learned at the d.school: Always bring the fun (#1)

I’ve learned well over 100 things at the d.school, but this is the first.
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Emi Kolawole
Innovation as we’ve known it is over

Innovation as we’ve known it is over

The word ‘innovation’ has become increasingly meaningless for those outside of the corporate world. That will have to change.
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Emi Kolawole
The most important choice we’ll ever make

The most important choice we’ll ever make

How we choose to consume the internet will determine the course of our future more than just about anything else.
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Emi Kolawole
Four steps to be more fearless and doubtless every day

Four steps to be more fearless and doubtless every day

Fear and doubt are natural enemies of the creative mind, here are four steps you can take to make them serve you.
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Emi Kolawole
The amazing opportunity in transportation no one is talking about

The amazing opportunity in transportation no one is talking about

A session at Brookings highlights a new opportunity for design thinkers to affect change.
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Emi Kolawole
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The most important thing you’ll ever make

The most important thing you’ll ever make

It doesn’t depend on how many followers you have or whether you’re the most expert in your field.
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Emi Kolawole
Taking it easy shouldn’t be this hard

Taking it easy shouldn’t be this hard

How Patton, Tim Ferriss, Tim Kreider and my mom helped me figure out how to stop. Just. Stop.
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Emi Kolawole
Keep Your Advice to Yourself, Thanks!

Keep Your Advice to Yourself, Thanks!

Lately I’ve noticed an abundance of advice on Medium. I’m not sure if the algorithm here feels like I need some extra help or what, but…
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Parker Gates
‘Fake news’ talk is cheap. Don’t fall for it.

‘Fake news’ talk is cheap. Don’t fall for it.

The term ‘fake news’ stops us from talking about the need to design a new contract between you and the purveyors of information.
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Emi Kolawole
Stop talking about government

Stop talking about government

Government puts the solution first; governance puts people first.
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Emi Kolawole
When you don’t know what to do, play.

When you don’t know what to do, play.

Sometimes you need to let go to get a grip.
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Emi Kolawole
Bias, design & media: Practical steps to get from thinking about change to making it

Bias, design & media: Practical steps to get from thinking about change to making it

“Each of us is the source of the problem … and the solution.”
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Emi Kolawole
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