Bonus: Design Visionary Patrick Whitney

15/07/2025 11 min Temporada 3
Bonus: Design Visionary Patrick Whitney

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In this episode, Patrick Whitney shares his path from reluctantly accepting Jay Doblin's invitation to teach a single course to discovering his passion for helping students grow. He reflects on the challenges of teaching design, particularly to eager freshmen students, and how that experience shaped his understanding of design education.Key TopicsThe fundamental tension between business's focus on financial prediction and design's human-centered approachWhy traditional business metrics fail to capture design's true valueHow design value is measured in human moments: laughter, social interaction, and improved daily experiencesPatrick's prediction of a crisis in prediction-based business model and the shift from "economy of scale" to "economy of choice" in modern businessWhy businesses must demonstrate value rather than simply predict it How designers can generate richer arrays of strategic optionsAdditional ResourcesID Honors Design Visionary Patrick WhitneyID Events
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