Channel: Stanford Online

Category: Education

Tags: vocationcareer designcareer pathslife designcareer planningstanfordstanford onlinedesign thinking

Description: Learn more about the online graduate course Designing the Professional: online.stanford.edu/courses/engr311b-designing-professional Do you know what you want out of your career? Would you be interested in learning how you could intentionally design it? In this fireside chat, Kathy Davies talks about applying design thinking to the “wicked problem” of designing your life and vocation. Throughout the conversation, Kathy answers audience questions. You Will Learn: -A basic overview of design thinking. -Why design thinking is a good approach to hard problems like designing your career. -Some tips for beginning to approach your life and career more intentionally. Learn more about the Stanford Life Design Lab: lifedesignlab.stanford.edu 00:13 Introduction 01:29 Overview of Design Thinking, what it would look like to design your life and career 06:36 Why is it important to approach thinking about your life in a structured way 08:21 Five steps: Empathize, Define, Ideate, Prototype, Test 08:41 Step 1: Empathize, understanding yourself, what you're looking for, and your world view and the narratives you use to define yourself. 12:49 Is it too late for me to "design my career"? What age can I begin this process?