Professional Development

We talked with Dabney Hailey, founder and principal of Hailey Group, about the Visual Thinking Strategies (or VTS) method, why it works, how to bring elements of it into your daily practice, and why leaders should shift to the facilitative leadership style this method teaches. 

Read the recap at ideo.in/dabney.

Creative Confidence Podcast

Facilitative Leadership: Dabney Hailey

Why leading change always starts with people, and tools you can try to make people the catalysts for change.

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Leading Change: Deirdre Cerminaro and Bryan Walker

Learn how to create a remote influence plan from Sacha Connor, Founder of Virtual Work Insider.

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Influence as a Remote or Hybrid Worker: Sacha Connor

Learn design tools for testing value propositions, how to understand willingness to pay, and how to uncover insights to help finetune your value proposition.

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How to Test Value Propositions: Angel Annunciacao

Learn about the elements of a story, story arcs, why and how to experiment with your story arcs, and examples from the healthcare and entertainment worlds. 

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Presentation Story Arcs: Ann Kim

IDEO’s Creative Confidence Podcast shares candid conversations with creative leaders, changemakers, and innovators navigating today’s most pressing challenges. Through real-world stories and insights, we explore how to lead with creativity, build resilient teams, and drive innovation. Grounded in IDEO’s 40 years of expertise in design thinking and innovation, each episode offers inspiration and practical tools for audacious leaders at every stage of their careers. Hosted by Mina Seetharaman, Head of New Ventures at IDEO, the podcast brings a human-centered lens to the complexities of making more courageous futures.

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Influence as a Remote or Hybrid Worker: Sacha Connor

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