How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love Design Thinking
When I first heard about Design Thinking, I thought it was a clever rebranding effort by IDEO to charge twice...
About Wodtke
Writing
An Amazon bestseller in management science, Wodtke authors books to connect real world challenges to new ways of thinking. Her latest book, Radical Focus, uses the power of story to bring fresh new insight to managing by objectives and key results (OKR).
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Speaking
Wodtke connects with audiences worldwide on topics as diverse as design thinking, high performing teams, and goal setting and organizational focus. She pulls from her experience at such companies as LinkedIn, Myspace, Zynga, and Yahoo! to deliver new insights and craft compelling experiences for her audiences.
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Teaching
As a “curious human” and gifted teacher, Wodtke teaches business to designers and design to businesses at conferences, universities, and boardrooms. She can be found regularly at Stanford Continuing Education and the California College of the Arts, and connects the dots for CEOs, designers and students worldwide.
Learn MorePraise for Wodtke's new book, Radical Focus:
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“This is a book I wish every business owner, designer, strategist, marketer, student, and content creator I have ever worked with would read. It is brilliant in its ability to teach important lessons while keeping the readers engaged in a story.”
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“I’d recommend Radical Focus for anyone wanting to build not just great products but great organizations.”
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“Our VP at Nest bought a copy for everyone on the team.”
Radical Focus
How do you inspire a diverse team to work together, going all out in pursuit of a single, challenging goal? How do you get your team to commit to bold goals? How do you stay motivated despite setbacks and disappointments?
Get Radical Focus: Achieving Your Most Important Goals with Objectives and Key Results
Working with pictures:
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