Inspiration Collection
Below you can find a compilation of gifts that have been brought into the world by individuals and organizations that have profoundly influenced my mindset and are aligned with the principles of my approach in work and life. Feast yourself on the abundance of genius that already exists in this world!
The most exciting breakthroughs of the twenty-first century will not occur because of technology, but because of an expanding concept of what it means to be human.
Dancing With Systems
We can’t control systems or figure them out. But we can dance with them!
Online Warm Ups & Energizers
A collection of online warm-ups and energizers that are short, provide team-building and aim at overcoming shyness and boosting energy with a group of distributed people.
Decentering User-Centered Design
A seismic social shift has taken place seeing much of humanity transition from a person to a user. We are all complicit in this shift. We each clicked ‘I agree’. We perpetuate and propagate it. We are now the users, the using and the used.
Living the Questions
Our culture is obsessed with quick-fix solutions and immediate answers. Time is at a premium and we don’t want to waste it dwelling on questions.
The credo is: let’s get practical and not waste time with theory or philosophy! But how can you waste time with the ‘love of wisdom’? Is it not wisdom that will help us chart our path into an uncertain and unpredictable future? Do we not desperately need wisdom to respond wisely to the multiple converging crises around us?
Unlocking Us / Dare to Lead
Butterfly Works
Practical tools and inspiration to use design thinking and co-creation for social change.
Untamed
Facilipedia
Workshop templates, video tutorials, content recommendations and scenario versions
Dare to Lead
Anyone who takes responsibility for finding the potential in people and processes and has the courage to develop that potential.
Inbo
Funky, authentic and creative tools to unleash human potential through innovative, collaborative, and transformative learning experiences.
Everyday Leadership
We have all changed someone’s life — usually without even realizing it. In this funny talk, Drew Dudley calls on all of us to celebrate leadership as the everyday act of improving each other’s lives.
ToolboxToolbox
A curated list of the best business, design, and organisational change toolboxes built by some of the most influential companies, institutions and thinkers.
What the educator does is make it possible for the students to become themselves.
Human Bubble
Check out this cool co-creative prototype of a workshop we designed with Elena Gramatikovska. It’s such a beautiful reflection of emergent collaboration in practice.
Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows
A compendium of invented words written by John Koenig, that aims to fill holes in the language—to give a name to emotions we all feel but don’t have a word for.
Creative Podcast
The IDEO U Creative Confidence Podcast hosts candid conversations with some of today’s most inspiring change makers, design thinkers, and creative minds.
Gifts of imperfection
Let Go of Who You Think You’re Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are.
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
share What inspires you?
Share a book, podcast series, a powerful quote, or anything that touched your heart and you strongly feel should be included in this Inspiration compilation. Let’s amplify greatness together!