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December 2, 2021Creative Practices, Design Thinking, Teaching

Psychological Safety in the Classroom

Sorry for the lack of posting! Busy teaching in these crazy times.

April 9, 2018High Performing Teams, Teaching

Norms Exercise

I learned this exercise from Andre Plaut and have used it, tweaked it, and loved it. I do […]

August 22, 2017Business, Creative Founder, Innovation, Teaching

The Creative Founder

Class Write Up: Three Years of Learning Creative Founder is in many way the anti-foundations of interaction design.It has […]

August 14, 2017Design, Teaching

Foundations of Interaction Design

I teach a number of classes at CCA, including Creative Founder, Story and Play. One year I tried on […]

June 23, 2017Life, Teaching

5 Surprising Things I’ve Learned About Teaching

Five years ago I walked away from corporate life and started teaching. I thought it’d be easy; I […]

September 21, 2016Business, Design, Pictures, Teaching

How to Make a Concept Model

Originally published in Boxes and Arrows May 6th, 2014. I realized recently I never published this here, on my […]

September 1, 2016Play, Teaching

Teaching Game Design in Non-Game Design Programs

This fall, I am teaching a class on game design, which prompted this post: A letter to my […]

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Radical Focus SECOND EDITION

“Christina has taken my favorite book on OKRs and deepened it by answering all the hardest questions people run into putting it to work in the real world. Thank you once again!” – Bruce McCarthy, author and founder of Product Culture

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The award-winning author of The Team That Managed Itself and Pencil Me In returns with a new and expanded edition of her landmark book on OKRs.

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The Team That Managed Itself: A Story of Leadership

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Pencil Me In! The Business Drawing Book for People Who Can’t Draw.

Want to get better in business? Learn how to draw.

There’s no faster, cheaper prototype in the world than a sketch on a sheet of paper. What’s unclear in words is suddenly crystal clear in a sketch, and you—and your team—can tackle problems in entirely new ways. Play around with ideas. Document your process. Think on paper. Visual thinking brings a whole new power to work.

Think you can’t draw? Don’t worry! The simplest sketches are the most effective at communication and problem solving, so you can begin drawing in less time than your average coffee break. Learn more, and purchase!

With contributions from Amelie Sarrazin, Aleksandra Micek, Taylor Reese, Dan Brown, Daniel Cook, Kate Rutter, Eva-Lotta Lamm, Matthew Magain, Sunni Brown, Cristina Negrut, Daryl Meier Fahrni, Marc Bourguignon, Laura Klein, David Gray, Melissa Kim, Mike Rohde, Brian Gulassa, Andrew Reid, Rolf Faste, Raph Koster, Stone Librande, Robin Hunicke, Alicia Loring, Erin Malone, Stephen P. Anderson, Giorgia Lupi, Alex Osterwalder, Noelle Stransky, James Young, and Dan Roam.

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Stanford Class Blogs

I teach at Stanford, and my students put up their writings and sketch notes there. The game design blog also has assignments, if you want to play along at home

Game Design (cs247G and cs377g)
previous 247G and 377g
Design for Behavior Change ( CS247B)
Design for Understanding: CS 247i Fall 2019 and 2021

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History and Ethics of Design
Creative Founder (Taught with Kate Rutter)
CCA IxD Thesis

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Food for Agile Thought #330: Making Room for New Things, web3 Product Management, Talking to Engineers, Survival Roadmapping - IT Skills You Need on Are You Sure You Want to Use OKRs?
Ashvin Kevat on Contact
Alina Knizhnik on Contact
Carolina Melo on About
Elliot Vermes on The Art of the OKR, Redux

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