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Deconstructing “What’s Worth Doing?”

Or, how a ‘simple’ card deck can improve our thinking.

Feb 25

Bird’s eye view of a person at a table, arranging colored hexagon cards.

Feb 25

The Cognitive Benefits of Actual Things to Think With

Suppose I asked you to play a game of chess with me.

Feb 11

Visual image summarizing everything written in this posts. We see the three versions of chess — using memory, texting, and with a board & pieces, arranged from left to right, with an arrow signifying the idea that using representations in the world “supports more complex thinking.”

Feb 11

Fist to Five Voting, Upgraded as a Visual Collaboration Tool

Helping groups reach consensus and alignment can be a difficult challenge. I’ve found this revamped version of ‘fist to five voting’…

Jan 28

Fist to Five Voting, Upgraded as a Visual Collaboration Tool

Jan 28

Why I Believe “Playful Things to Think With” Can Change the World

Some of you may be aware of my personal mission:

Jan 23

Why I Believe “Playful Things to Think With” Can Change the World

Jan 23

Coaching-as-a-Service

Or, What Collaboration Tools Can Borrow From Online Games

Jan 10

Coaching-as-a-Service

Jan 10

Practical Visual Collaboration in 10 Minutes

This is inspired by Typography in ten minutes, which promises “if you learn and follow these five typography rules, you will be a better…

Oct 30, 2024

Practical Visual Collaboration in 10 Minutes

Oct 30, 2024

The Process Selection Matrix: A 2x2 for Enlightened Product Teams

Ugh. Every week. Another debate about process…

Aug 22, 2024

A 2x2 matrix. The vertical axis goes from Literal Request to Imaginative Idea. The horizontal axis goes from Low Risk to Risky. This results 4 quadrants, with the labels of (1) Uncertain Value + Tiny Bets (Low Risk), (2) Uncertain Value + Big Bets (High Risk), (3) Certain Value + Tiny Bets (Low Risk), (4) Certain Value + Big Bets (High Risk).

Aug 22, 2024

The Design Mindset

What does it mean to be a designer?

Oct 22, 2023

The Design Mindset

Oct 22, 2023

9 Human Challenges with Using AI Co-Pilots

I recently gave a short talk on the dangers of LLMs (large language models). Most of what I shared echoed things I’ve read from Emily M…

May 31, 2023

9 *Human* Challenges with Using AI Co-Pilots

May 31, 2023

The Spoon Theory, Expanded

A useful analogy that’s helped me to understand—and manage—difficult situations.

Mar 22, 2023

Photo of a handful of spoons

Mar 22, 2023

Stephen P. Anderson

Stephen P. Anderson

Speaker, facilitator, and product leader. On a mission to make learning the hard stuff fun, by creating ‘things to think with’ and ‘spaces’ for generative play.

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