How to Design Your Career Using Design Thinking - Kathy Davies of Stanford Life Design Lab

Overview

Learn how to apply design thinking principles to shape your career path in this 46-minute webinar led by Kathy Davies from Stanford Life Design Lab. Explore the five-step design thinking process - Empathize, Define, Ideate, Prototype, and Test - and discover how it can be applied to career planning. Gain insights into understanding yourself, identifying your goals, and challenging self-limiting narratives. Address common concerns about career design, including whether it's ever too late to start and the ideal age to begin this process. Acquire valuable tools and strategies to approach your life and career decisions in a more structured and intentional manner.

Syllabus

Introduction .
Overview of Design Thinking, what it would look like to design your life and career.
Why is it important to approach thinking about your life in a structured way.
Five steps: Empathize, Define, Ideate, Prototype, Test.
Step 1: Empathize, understanding yourself, what you're looking for, and your world view and the narratives you use to define yourself..
Is it too late for me to "design my career"? What age can I begin this process?.