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Carlye Lauff is an independent contractor specializing in innovation strategy and design research. We’ll talk about her path into design and how she obtained her Ph.D. in Design Theory and Methodology, and then hear about her global work with organization innovation using human-centered design. Carlye talks about prototyping barriers, how to overcome these barriers, and her tool, Prototyping Canvas, with Dawan Stanford, your podcast host. Show Summary Carlye was exposed to the power of human-centered design thinking with her coursework during her undergrad at Penn State University. One project brought her to Kenya, where she was on a team initiating a telemed health initiative. Through this project, she saw the power of applying design thinking to a real-world problem. As a result, she pursued her Master’s and Ph.D. around design thinking — including founding the Design for America studio at Colorado University Boulder campus — with an emphasis on prototyping, and helping companies and organizations find ways to prototype more effectively. She has continued to work on design thinking-based projects around the world. She is currently consulting in the U.S. in the field of innovation strategy, partnering with organizations and training their teams in the use of design thinking and human-centered design. She also works with teams to co-create solutions to actual projects and challenges in their organizations, including leading a project with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to help children enhance their social-emotional learning.  Learn how Carlye teaches and trains professionals to make human-centric products, the challenges organizations and people have when prototyping, how to use analogies and case study examples, and how Carlye creates lasting organizational change long after her work with the company is done. Listen in to learn: How Carlye co-created an educational children’s toy at Robert Wood Johnson to help preschoolers identify their emotions Her experience with prototyping and how she overcame obstacles with prototyping The two strategies Carlye finds helpful when explaining prototyping Methods you can use for low-fidelity early prototyping How Carlye worked with the International Design Center in Singapore, focused on helping companies create lasting organizational change Two research-validated design tools Carlye collaborated on Carlye’s recipe for how to create great design  Why she takes failure out of her language and replaces it with iterating and evolving Our Guest’s Bio Carlye is an innovation strategist, design researcher, and enthusiastic instructor who blends human-centered design practice with systems thinking approaches. She has helped more than 25 global organizations re-think their design processes and strategies, ranging from Fortune 500 companies to government agencies to universities. Carlye is an independent consultant that empowers people and organizations to innovate using human-centered design methods and strategies. During 2018-2019, Carlye served as a Design Innovation Fellow at the SUTD-MIT International Design Centre (IDC) in Singapore, where she trained companies in design innovation strategies, led an in-depth consulting project for the Land Transport Authority, and researched design methods like the Prototyping Canvas. Carlye received her Ph.D. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Colorado Boulder, where she was a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow, and her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Pennsylvania State University. Carlye’s research is within the field of Design Theory and Methodology, and she develops tools and methods to support designers and engineers. Carlye also founded the Design for America studio at CU Boulder in 2015 as a way to give students experiences working on interdisciplinary teams applying human-centered design to solve real problems in the community. Show Highlights  [02:05] Carlye’s origin story and how she came into design as a career. [04:08] Her current work in the field of innovation strategy. [05:23] Her experience with Robert Wood Johnson co-creating a children’s learning project.  [07:44] The challenges of prototyping. [10:10] Two strategies she uses to explain prototyping: analogies and case studies. [12:48] Examples and applications Carlye uses when explaining prototyping. [14:40] Hands-on activities Carlye uses to help people get a feel for prototyping: games, storyboarding, and roleplaying.  [19:10] Her work in Singapore with the SUTD-MIT International Design Center and its Design Innovation Team. [21:05] Carlye checks in with the leadership of organizations to find out how they will support and continue her work when she is finished with her workshop or consulting. [22:18] Carlye talks more about the innovation hubs she worked with in Australia and Singapore. [25:50] Her excitement about design methods, and two research-validated design tools she has collaborated on. [26:26] The Prototyping Canvas. [28:20] The Design Innovation with Additive Manufacturing (DIwAM) methodology. [29:21] Carlye’s recipe for designing well - Wizard of Oz prototyping + Think Aloud testing + Affinity Clustering.  [32:24] The benefits of Beginner’s Mindset. [36:14] Learning, growing, and iterating is the backbone of productivity in work. [39:30] The importance of Growth Mindset and space for reflection. [39:45] Learning is enhanced when you give learning the time and space to be reflective. [40:35] Design resources and references Carlye has used. [45:25:] Where to learn more about Carlye and her work. Links Design Thinking 101 Fluid Hive Design Innovation Carlye Lauff on the Web Contact Carlye Lauff Carlye Lauff on LinkedIn Carlye Lauff on Medium You Want to Learn Prototyping, First Bake a Cake by Carlye Lauff Prototyping Canvas: Design Tool for Planning Purposeful Prototypes by Carlye Lauff, Kristin Lee Wood, and Jessica Menold Design Innovation with Additive Manufacturing: A Methodology by K. Blake Perez, Carlye A. Lauff, Bradley A. Camburn, and Kristin L. Wood Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Desklight Learning Mockups: a fast-paced game for people who build to think theDesignExchange Design Innovation Luma Institute and Luma Workplace A Taxonomy of Innovation: 36 human-centered design methods IDEO’s Design Kit Loft   Other Design Thinking 101 Episodes You Might Like   Public Sector Design + Outcome Chains + Prototyping for Impact with Boris Divjak — DT101 E26   The Evolution of Teaching and Learning Design with Bruce Hanington — DT101 E39 ________________   Thank you for listening to the show and looking at the show notes. Send your questions, suggestions, and guest ideas to Dawan and the Fluid Hive team. Cheers ~ Dawan   Free Download — Design Driven Innovation: Avoid Innovation Traps with These 9 Steps   Innovation Smart Start Webinar — Take your innovation projects from frantic to focused!

This podcast is possible due to the donations of its supporters. Donate here if you believe in what we do: https://anchor.fm/sportsasajob/support We are joined by Saana Koljonen who played professional volleyball in France. Her professional career ended abruptly with an infection in her ankle that led her to have to go through four surgeries. She shares with us what she learned from going through this adversity. Currently, Saana is a volunteer volleyball coach at Colorado University Boulder. Along with that she is still working remotely with a company in Finland selling the Sports Capacity Assessment she help create. Her story is about getting knocked down, finding a new purpose, and the pursuit of helping others. Learn how to find your true identity with Saana Koljonen. Episode Timestamps: 2:44 - Saana talks about growing up in Finland and how she got into Volleyball eventually turning pro. 4:06 - Life as a professional volleyball player 5:45 - Saana's pro career ended early due to an infection in her ankle. The transition of being a pro athlete to no longer being one was a difficult transition period for her. 9:49 - "How do you get through and out of that deep state of darkness?" 13:39 - The Sports Capacity Assessment. What is it and how can it help you? There is a general test for those that are not athletes as well. 20:25 - Forty pages of detailed description of who you are after taking the assessment You can follow Saana Koljonen on Twitter @SaanaKoljonen, visit her https://saanakoljonen.com/, and connect with her on LinkedIn as well. Send us your feedback and send us questions on our Social Media Platforms: Twitter @sportsasajob Instagram @sportsasajob Facebook @sportsasajob LinkedIn: Sports As a Job Visit our website www.sportsasajob.com Intro Music credit to ABAPO Music Studios: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwF1OqcNsQEOd0iNu0Yjitg Go sign up for #1 job sports-focused job board online and be part of their network. https://www.jobsinsports.com/ make sure TO LET THEM KNOW YOU HEARD OF THEM FROM THE PODCAST. I want them to know we got industry leaders and future stars in this community!

Growing up on an Iowa farm taught Ryan Broshar about taking risks and working hard. And it made him realize at an early age that he’d rather sell the corn than harvest it. His first startup, a university-based publication business called University Guide, grew out of an entrepreneurship class assignment at the University of Minnesota. It became a profitable business that Broshar sold two years out of college. While pursuing an MBA at Colorado University-Boulder, he got involved in the emerging startup community and worked for an investment fund. It was 2008—“the economy was crashing, but (tech startups) weren’t going down; they were thinking forward.” When he and his wife moved back to Minnesota to be closer to family, Broshar saw an opportunity to support the Twin Cities startup community. He co-founded BetaMN, a support system for founders that puts on a showcase-style event to connect founders with investors. Next, he co-founded Twin Cities Startup Week, which has become a national draw, attracting large companies and investment dollars to Minnesota. He was instrumental in bringing the Tech Stars Retail Accelerator program to Minnesota, and served as managing director for four years before leaving to concentrate on Matchstick Ventures, a seed stage firm focused on early stage tech companies in the Midwest and Rockies. In 2019, Matchstick raised $30 million in its second round. The fund has invested in 50 companies to date including Upsie and Inspectorio. “What I really liked about my own startup was the start,” Broshar says. “I like the zero to one of building a company. One to 10, I get kind of bored and start thinking, what’s the next idea? When you’re investing, you’re always starting. It’s a great fit for me.” Early stage investing appeals to Broshar because of the mentorship component. “You have to have empathy for the founder and understand there are going to be pivots. When you’re an early investor in an early stage company, it’s part financial support, part cheerleader, party psychologist. Being a founder is a lonely road and a lot of times, they look to investors as their strength.” What do Broshar and his Matchstick partner look for in startups? “We like to support founders that are underdogs. That come from untraditional backgrounds. People who have the feeling they were put on Earth to solve this problem. They’re obsessed with what they’re doing.” Being a venture capitalist isn’t for everyone. “You’ve got to love coffee,” Broshar says—only half jokingly, describing the significant amount of time he devotes to meeting potential founders, partners and investors. And you have to get comfortable saying no. “The Midwesterner in me wants to please everyone,” Broshar says. “It really comes down to: Is this a fit, is it a good use of my time. I’m trying to be very clear about the kind of stuff Matchstick likes to invest in. And if I can make connections, I'm happy to do that.” As for the VC world in general: “Venture capital is insanely risky,” Broshar says. “It’s the only profession in the world where you can be wrong the majority of the time and still be the best at it.” After our conversation with Broshar, we go back to the classroom with the University of St. Thomas Opus College of Business. Entrepreneurship professor John McVea points out that less than half of a percent of all startups get venture funding. Of them, less than 1 percent make it to $1 billion in value, but those “unicorns” as they’ve come to be known, generate the lion’s share of publicity. While VC money is less prevalent than the media would have you believe, “Venture capital has had a huge cultural influence,” McVea says. “Along with the VC model came the idea of the lean startup: get a quick product out the door really fast, try it, measure and learn, pivot, redesign. It’s opened the door to a lot of people who would have been reticent—afraid they didn’t have the perfect idea. Many entrepreneurs learn as they go.”