Dani Chesson
Dr Dani Chesson is the founder of the Design Thinker Institute, Creator of the Design Thinker Profile, Co-Host of the Design Thinker Podcast, Dr Dani Chesson is a human-centered designer who leverages the power of behavioral science to help organizations drive innovation and create change. She has worked with corporates and government agencies in the USA and NZ.
Dani is also an adjunct faculty member in graduate programs at Denver University and Antioch University where she lectures on organizational science and research methodology.
Realizing that much of her success in the corporate world stemmed from her roots as a designer inspired her research path and establishing the Design Thinker Institute, with the mission of helping others unlock the human power of design.
Learn more about Dani’s work here: https://designthinkerinstitute.com/meet-dani/
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Design Thinker Profile: The Six Questions for Leading Yourself and Other Through Change
20 min talk
So, you want to make a change, you are ready for it, you plan for it, and three months later, you find yourself exactly where you were. Sound familiar? This is a common occurrence not only in our personal lives but also in organizations all around the world. In this talk, we explore the brain science of why we struggle with change and the six questions research shows helps us to keep moving forward.
Learning outcomes
Insights from research that explain how our brains work against us when we are trying to make change
Evidence-based techniques for how we can work with our brain biases to create change and how to apply them
The six questions to use when leading ourselves and others through change