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got career problems? try design thinking (with guest Ben Crothers)

Season 2, Ep. 2
How can you design your thinking to solve career and work stuff? Design thinking is human-centered problem solving - asking how can we solve this problem together. Ben Crothers is a creative thought leader who encourages individuals and teams to think more openly and creatively about challenges they face. In this episode Ben shares with Shell and Em:
👉what design thinking is
👉how to start using it
👉how we can all be approaching work challenges using it.

Check out http://brightpilots.com/ for more information. Take a look at Ben's ice breakers here: http://brightpilots.com/icebreakers/

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