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"It doesn't occur to most people that everything is designed" - Bill Moggridge

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NadiaG
Marketing, storytelling, media + comms. Background in enterprise tech, now in design land. Bay Area based, London born. Works at @IDEO and @Ideo.org
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Annette Ferrara
Senior Writer + Marketing Lead @IDEO + Co-Producer @MortifiedCHI
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Devin Peek
Visual storyteller + designer @IDEO. Happiest with a camera in one hand and a chopsticks in the other. Passionate about nature, food justice, and real people.
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Katrin Klausecker
Marketing @IDEO Europe. Ex-New York. Ex-Hong Kong. Native Austrian. Forever in love with Asia.
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Saige Perry
Digital marketing @IDEO
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Writers
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Katie Clark
Design, communication, brand and patient empathy (near the beach when possible). Digital Marketing Lead @IDEO.
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Simon King
Design Director at IDEO
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Burton Rast
Unintentionally moody imagery. InfoSec UX at @Google . Previously at @IDEO & @AIGAdesign . He/him
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kerry oconnor
design thinker and doer @IDEO and @stanforddschool. anthropological business designer. factory tour aficionado.
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Sina Mossayeb
Design + Product Leader - formerly at Medable (CDO), Aero (CDO/CPO), EXPA and IDEO
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Matt Cooper-Wright
Executive Design Director @ideo
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Nicole Zhu
Engineer. Building jan.ai. Tweets @0xSage
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IDEO
We are a global design consultancy. We create impact through design.
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Nathan Waterhouse
Communities, Collaboration & Creativity. Innovation consultant.
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Misa Misono
CEO at obvi: products for designers + insights and design consulting. Former design director at IDEO and marketer at P&G. https://www.obvi.com
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Shauna Ryann Carey
100% California grown. Fueled by wanderlust and strong coffee. Spend my days at IDEO.org.
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Jenn Maer
Senior Design Director at IDEO : brand junkie : lover of hijinks and good red wine @jennmaer
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Joe Gerber
Managing Director @IDEOVC
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Barry Lachapelle
Designer. Dad. Cyclist. Vegetarian. Feelin’ Jazzy.
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Alex Steffen
I think about the planetary future for a living. Writer, public speaker, strategic advisor. Now writing at thesnapforward.com.
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Yishan Lam
Public sector junkie; believer, citizen, designer
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Deirdre Cerminaro
Systems Designer at IDEO
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Vanessa Monogioudis
Design researcher at IDEO
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Rohini Vibha
Product person, runner, and prioritizer of mental health. I'd say writing is my therapy, but therapy is my therapy. substack.com/@rohinivibha
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Danny Stillion
Digital Experience Design Consultant, Advisor & Mobility Futurist | Former IDEO Partner | Design Educator
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Sara Breselor
Freelance writer and editor
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Priti Rao
Service Designer @ IDEO: pattern-spotter. dilettante. lover of startling combinations.
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merici
@adaslist cofounder and ceo | ex @BarackObama @cfpb @ideo | meow | unicorns | there's no rule that says you can't rewrite all the rules.
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Sandy Speicher
Managing Director, Education @IDEO
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Meena Kadri
Partying at the intersection of innovation, collaboration & social change. IDEO-alumni based in Aotearoa New Zealand.
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Jure Martinec
European designer & technologist / researching how digital might be shaping the world, often through code and interactive artifacts / @IDEO / @postdigitreader
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Ricardo Figueiroa
Designer @ IDEO | My favorite project is always the next one | www.xyz321.com
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Martin Brown
Service Design Lead at Fjord Melbourne. Former IDEOer in London and Tokyo.
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Stina Jonsson
I design interfaces between Human Intelligences and Artificial Intelligences, with a background in Psychology and UX. Currently freelancing - previously @IDEO.
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Sally Madsen
I’m a designer, changemaker, feminist, mama, friend, traveler, sailor, eater, crafter, realist, dreamer.
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Ashlea Powell Sommer
Design Director at IDEO; writer and yogi. Infinitely curious (especially about how you reflect).
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Tom Kershaw
Creative director, designer & photographer.
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Tim Brown
author of Change By Design / CEO of @IDEO
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Amy Bonsall
I help companies weave in kindness, creativity and humanity using human-centered design. Founder of Nau (www.inthenau.com) and Creative Collisions, IDEO alumna.
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Kate Burn
Lead Designer at NHS Digital, Data Services
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Michael Chapman
Applied Anthropologist + Design Researcher // Adjunct Northwestern University // IDEO
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clark scheffy
Designer at IDEO, surfer.
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Jason Baker
writer at IDEO | poet, DJ, freelance punster
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David Boardman
Design Leadership at Flexport. Formerly: Citi Ventures Studio, IDEO, frogdesign, MIT Design Lab. Immigrant. Father.
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Sera Koo
Presently a Senior Product Designer at Spotify. Formerly IDEO and SVA IxD.
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Minnie Bredouw
Founder. Creative Director. Educator. Writer.
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Sebastian Sanne
Traveler. Scuba diver. Digital technology enthusiast. Director @IDEO.
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Isabela Sá
Design and development of edtech platforms @IDEO.
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Richard Culatta
The future is already here, it's just not very evenly distributed. -W.Gibson
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FRED DUST
Founder of Dust&Co, senior design advisor for Rockefeller Foundation & former global managing partner of IDEO — fan of words and good conversation.
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Anna M. Silversten
Creative connections, storytelling, and marketing at @IDEO New York. Actor and improviser once upon a time. Mom to a sweet boy from Sept 2014 until forever
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Erin Henkel
Service Design at NOCD
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Kevin Ho
Software Designer and Project Lead @IDEO http://keiho.co
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Rochael Soper Adranly
General Counsel + Legal Design Lead, IDEO
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Peter Jackson
Foodie, nerd, adventurer, cat addict, citizen of Earth. Helped found the @CFPB before joining @IDEO to lead our CX portfolio.
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Heather Kathryn Ross
Lead Writer & Editor at IDEO, loves digging in the dirt, owned by two cats
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Justin Massa
exec portfolio director @ IDEO | prev founder & CEO of Food Genius (acq by USFoods) | https://www.linkedin.com/in/justinmassa
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Holly Bybee
Holly Bybee is a Director of Business Development at IDEO and a lead for IDEO CoLab’s Circular Economy of Food portfolio.
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Sean Hewens
Design Director at IDEO + legal innovation explorer. Writer, beer maker + fictional cartographer on the side. www.fictionalcartography.org
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IDEO Creative Difference
A digital tool to assess, track, and guide the development of innovative and adaptive teams. Learn more at ideo.to/creative.
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Sue-Jean Sung
Doin’ things.