PIVOT 2020
Designing a world of many centers… what does a world in which many worlds fit look like? The Phyllis M. Taylor Center for Social Innovation and Design Thinking at Tulane…
3 Design Thinking Lessons to Overcome Perfectionism
Written by Tran Nguyen-Phong, Taylor Center 2019-2020 Design Thinking Student Fellow. Albert Einstein was right when he stated that “you can’t solve a problem on the same level that it was…
Learning Roman Fables with design thinking
In Spring 2020, Dr. Mallory Monaco Caterine challenged her students to create an inclusive, accessible Classically-based curriculum for New Orleans youth using the tools of design thinking. The seven students…
How Design Thinking is Intuitive… And How it’s Not
Written by Ruby Murfield, Taylor Center 2019-2020 Design Thinking Student Fellow. As the academic year comes to a hectic close, my time as a student fellow at the Taylor Center…
Fast 48 @ 10” visual-rich report ready for viewing
The Taylor Center Research & Scholarship (R&S) team identified the long-running “Fast 48” design thinking weekend workshop as a priority for internal program review back in 2017. When this internal…
DT NOW March 2020
On March 20, Dr. Lesely-Ann Noel co-hosted our monthly virtual breakfast with Lisa Cates, the president of the New Orleans Photo Alliance. DT NOW an abbreviation for Design Thinking the…
Virtual Workshop: Using design thinking to shape discussions around Coronavirus
How can global citizens engage in meaningful conversations around the coronavirus? Monday, April 20, 2020 at 6pm CST, attend our free workshop: "Using design thinking to shape discussions around COVID-19…
Experiments in Design-Based Learning
The Experiments in Design-based Learning group is comprised of Tulane University faculty and staff members with teaching responsibilities, who are interested in using design thinking in their teaching or research.…
Taylor leads Design Thinking Workshop with Police Officers and Community Members
"How might we work together to build a more just, healthy and equitable city?” In Fall 2019, the Crescent City Corps contacted Dr. Lesley-Ann Noel, Taylor’s Associate Director of Design…
Taylor Team Presenting at the March 2020 AAC&U Diversity, Equity and Student Success Conference
The Taylor team will be attending the upcoming Diversity, Equity and Student Success conference here in New Orleans. Four members of the Phyllis M. Taylor Center for Social Innovation will be presenting at…