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5 ways to innovate through an economic downturn
Nathan is a partner at Treehouse Innovation where he specialises in helping organisations build cultures of innovation. A seasoned designer, facilitator and public speaker, Nathan has helped organisations around the world, including Sky, Oxfam, Freudenberg […]
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How to use design thinking to improve employee retention
We speak regularly with business leaders about the biggest challenges they’re facing – from leading through digital transformations, leveraging disruptive technologies like Artificial Intelligence, and redesigning approaches to work in response to the hybrid challenge, […]
Read moreHow to make hybrid working work
Ever since the pandemic hit, businesses everywhere have been trying to establish how to make hybrid working work for them. Having a mix of remote working and office working is now the norm, and it’s […]
Read more4 reflections on how we’re moving forward in the new working world
It’s fair to say that a lot has happened in the last two years. And though our purpose hasn’t changed, we’re all working in an entirely new environment, which brings a whole host of new […]
Read more8 lessons I’ve learnt from over a decade running a business
You learn something new everyday when running a business. That’s one of the many reasons I love it. Our ten year anniversary here at Treehouse technically happened in 2020. But, as you might expect, we […]
Read moreIntroducing: Designers can change the world – Conversations with Jeanne Liedtka
Sometimes a conversation is so good, it reminds you why you love what you do for a living. That’s how I felt after sitting down with Prof. Jeanne Liedtka to discuss all things design thinking. […]
Read moreNo pain, no gain: Why design is hard, and shallow learning won’t cut it
In our first post from our 6-part ‘Design thinkers can change the world – Conversations with Jeanne Liedtka’ series, we share what Jeanne had to say about how to create learning experiences that make people […]
Read moreWhy real design skills come from tackling real projects
As discussed in our first post in this series, Jeanne Liedtka is a huge advocate for the power of projects when teaching and learning design thinking. She believes, as do I, that it’s not enough […]
Read moreWhy empathy is the key to winning over design thinking cynics
It’s pretty much inevitable when you try something new at work that you’ll come up against some cynicism. We see it all the time. However enthusiastic individuals are about the difference they believe design can […]
Read moreHow to build a design thinking movement in your business
Any change, anywhere, starts with people. And design thinking is no different. If you want your business to adopt it, you need a core group of people who get it, love it, and help spread […]
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Why lawyers make great designers. No, really.
In an increasingly competitive market, subject to multiple pressures from evermore demanding clients, advancements in technology, and more businesses offering legal services, law firms have to do something to make them stand out from the crowd.
Read moreWhy remote innovation is a key part of your leadership toolkit
Innovation has become an integral part of the leadership toolkit; due to current global challenges this has rapidly accelerated to a new skillset which focuses on enabling remote innovation…
Read moreSRoundtable: GCs draw their nightmares
Over the past six months, an incessant stream of worries has troubled the minds of in-house counsels across the world…
Read moreSlaughter and May – The Lens: Design thinking – listen to your user… but not too much!
In a legal context, design thinking can be applied to challenges being faced within a law firm, or by clients within their organisations.
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