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My journal of lessons learned doing Creative Strategy and Design execution from small agencies to a Fortune 100 company.

How Dungeons and Dragons Can Make You an Amazing Facilitator

How Dungeons and Dragons Can Make You an Amazing Facilitator

For most in my profession circle, group facilitation is one of those things we are all expected to do regularly. However, fear of public speaking and the need to tap in to skill sets beyond our typical roles often lead to a sense of reluctance and imposter syndrome....

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Lessons Learned Building and Evolving Enterprise Programs

Lessons Learned Building and Evolving Enterprise Programs

I'd like to start with a bit of demystifying. Jumping in to program development might seem scary -- it sure did to me when I began my journey in to formal Human-Centered Design program design and facilitation. What I came to realize, and what I'd like all my design...

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Case Study: Envisioning Zwift Clubs

Case Study: Envisioning Zwift Clubs

In this study, I’ll demonstrate how you can leverage Human Centered Design and Service Design methods in order to create a brand new, complex mobile app feature.

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Case Study: The Zwift Post-Race Experience

Case Study: The Zwift Post-Race Experience

I love the Zwift platform. But the designer in me can’t help imagine alternate realities for it sometimes. In this post, I’ll share some of the problems with the post-race experience, and offer some design solutions to make it a more delightful social experience.

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Creative Strategy 101

Creative Strategy 101

Check out this Mural to see how you can quickly and effectively craft a creative strategy that will take you from Design Research through Ideation. View the full Mural here!

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Managing Difficult Behavior

Managing Difficult Behavior

Managing behavior is an essential aspect of group Facilitation. In the Mural below, I lay out a couple frameworks for managing difficult behavior. These frameworks are the result of my research on group dynamics and learnings from a couple Udemy courses pertaining to...

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Tim Smith

Tim drives organizational change and product strategy through his deep experience in Design Thinking, group facilitation, and Human-Centered Design. He thrives in environments where relationships must be built and diverse groups need to come together to solve complex problems in new ways.