Speculative Learning
The state of Speculative Supply
In 2016, I embarked on a project called Speculative Supply that was meant to be a go-to source for tools built on speculation. This was…
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Unlearning is the next step after your university degree
To this day, millions of students still walk into a university with the hope that their degree will not only get them a job, but will…
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The Canadian entrepreneurial hustle
Humility and collaboration may be the face of entrepreneurship in Canada
How optimizing for every single thing can lead to ultimate sadness
The incessant need to find the best The human’s inability to be satisfied with anything, even when it doesn’t matter. You end up asking yourself whether or not this shade of green is greener than the other shade.
Searching for the door knob museum
An incredible display of the human spirit to find purpose in anything
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The trouble with assuming “innovation” is understood
Trying to understand innovation in the context of a startup accelerator
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How we inspired organizational change with a one-hour service
Three important lessons in checking assumptions and testing quickly
A class in user-centred design for engineers
This summer, I will be tackling a challenge that has thus far been unprecedented to me: teaching design thinking and user-centred design…
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“Design” in Design Thinking is there to get your attention
How simply adding “design” made plain thinking desirable again
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Your company vision is like a set of cards in your hand
A useful metaphor for why controlled flexibility is important for a new company
Trusting your Creativity
Our belief at Particles Design Lab is that creativity is present in all, but with forms that are infinitely different from person to…
Introducing Speculative Supply
A new home for speculative tools that will be useful in a variety of contexts