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Strategic Design, 2011 – 2021

April 26, 2021April 26, 2021 by admin
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Values-first Redesign of Financial Services for a Social Justice Fiscal Sponsor

July 20, 2019April 26, 2021 by admin
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Getting and managing grants is a key part of sustainability for small orgs and projects. If the money’s not coming, it’s over. But — what about when the money IS coming but you’re not certain how to manage it? What about when you are making money and you realize it requires…
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Portfolio Highlights, 2010-2019

April 1, 2019April 26, 2021 by admin
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Click the red links in the slide below for more detail on the projects, process and outcomes of each.
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Be a Problem-Finding Wizard

January 28, 2019February 18, 2020 by femmetech
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~ or, at least, stop solving the wrong problem and wasting your time!~ Question: Modern life. Adulting. Dayjobs. Projects, Clients, Stakeholders. Our families. Vacations. Money ... Which one of these doesn't have problems? Answer: they ALL do, sadly. Our challenge is to identify WHICH problem to work on next with…
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Design Experiments with Blockchain teams

November 28, 2018April 18, 2019 by femmetech
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I've run a few experiments this year as I kickoff working with teams who are innovating on the bleeding edge - blockchain. Below are two case studies from 2018 - click through to read the methods and takeaways. GAMES, SPECULATIVE FICTION + DESIGN THINKING Design Thinking is popular and proven…
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Digital Security Training Guide for Organizations

August 31, 2018January 31, 2019 by femmetech
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From Fall 2017 - through the Spring of 2018, I got to work with ten other trainers to collaborate on the design and facilitation of a digital security training series for organizations, and our pilot group was organizations supporting immigrants in NYC. In particular, our goal was to "build power…
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Using Open Data to Understand Needs: PBNYC Case Study

February 2, 2018 by femmetech
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If you've never worked with data, you might think that finding an open data set available through a trusted city provider would be the end of your journey. And then, you'd open the data set, try to use it in your favorite visualization tool, and realize you had a long…
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SXSW 2018: From Publishing City Data to Solving Problems

November 9, 2017April 18, 2019 by admin
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I was on a panel March 2018 at SXSW, talking about my work with open data, sharing this stage with the smart: ADRIENNE SCHMOEKER, New York City Mayor’s Office of Data and Analytics MARY TOBIN, Brownsville Partnership ZACK BRISSON, Reboot Sharing stories from the front lines of data impact, we…
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Creating an open data set of participatory budgeting

August 3, 2017January 3, 2018 by femmetech
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Part of my work in early 2017 was to methodically go through the digital assets of the Participatory Budgeting Project and decide which to prioritize to update. Given that the Case Studies web page is consistently in the top five visited pages on the site, and that the demand for a…
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PBP’s work in the NYC Open Data report

August 3, 2017January 3, 2018 by femmetech
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I'm excited to share that my work with Participatory Budgeting, leveraging open data to help both elected officials and residents make data-informed choices made it into the 2017 MODA Open Data Report. Read the report here.   
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The Steps to do Applied Design Research

Few things make me more forlorn than work that goes unapplied — here’s how and why to apply your design research!

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Solving business problems by using journeys instead of moments

A case study about solving business problems by using a journey framework, instead of a moment lens.

Jun 23, 2022 / Read More

What I Learned Designing a CX Listening Program

As I wrap up a role in which developed a Customer Experience [CX] data listening program, I wanted to share a few of the learnings surfac...

May 26, 2022 / Read More

Future of Work Reflections from full-time consulting experiment

Today I celebrate 3 months of full-time consulting as a principal with my firm Staircase Strategy.

Apr 06, 2022 / Read More

Thanking 639 people in 2020

In this often disconnected and lonely year, I learned with and taught, collaborated with on projects, coached, interviewed, and facilitat...

Jan 03, 2021 / Read More

The two crucial types of “how” to address in remote meetings

For many of us, the practice of “being in remote meetings” has been turned up a few notches, and not all of us are enjoying the experienc...

May 26, 2020 / Read More

The future of work needs facilitation: How Applied Creativity and Collaboration Techniques…

As technology increases automation and its reach over logistics, attention is turning to the roles of collaborative, human-centered produ...

Feb 21, 2020 / Read More

Using Design Thinking to Fix Your Money Problems

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Five Problems Teams Get Stuck On (and five ways to address them)

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How to Throw Yourself a DIY Retrospective

Jul 12, 2019 / Read More

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