Dave Gray describes himself as a possibilitarian. He focuses on helping people and teams realize their creative potential. Dave the author of several influential books, including Liminal Thinking and Gamestorming, which he co-authored with Sunni Brown and James Macanudo. He also founded the pioneering visual thinking company XPLANE. In this conversation, we discuss how to move beyond mental models that constrain us to open up new possibilities.

Show notes

• Dave Gray
• Dave Gray - LinkedIn
• The Connected Company by Dave Gray and Thomas Vander Wal
• Gamestorming by Dave Gray, Sunni Brown, and James Macanufo
• Liminal Thinking by Dave Gray
• Red Herring (magazine) - Wikipedia
• XPLANATIONS
• XPLANE
• Greg Petroff - LinkedIn
• Douglas Engelbart - Wikipedia
• Andy Matuschak
• School of the Possible
• School of the Possible Campfire Calls

Show notes include Amazon affiliate links. We get a small commission for purchases made through these links.

If you're enjoying the show, please rate or review us in Apple's podcast directory:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-informed-life/id1450117117?itsct=podcast_box&itscg=30200

This episode's transcript was produced by an AI. If you notice any errors, please get in touch.

Nikki Anderson is an independent user research consultant, instructor, author, and speaker. Nikki uses her background in education and psychology to mentor people and organizations on the value of user research. And now, she’s written a book to help them build up their research operations. That’s the focus of our conversation today.

Show notes

• Nikki Anderson
• Impact: A complete guide to creating a user research practice at your organization by Nikki Anderson
• User Research Academy
• User Research Academy Substack
• How To Run a Qualitative Usability Test by Nikki Anderson
• Write Kick@ss User Research Goals by Nikki Anderson

Show notes include Amazon affiliate links. We get a small commission for purchases made through these links.

If you're enjoying the show, please rate or review us in Apple's podcast directory:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-informed-life/id1450117117?itsct=podcast_box&itscg=30200

This episode's transcript was produced by an AI. If you notice any errors, please get in touch.

Michael Anton Dila describes himself as a “designer of conversation” and someone with a passion for starting things. Among the things he’s started are ventures in online learning, co-working, and mobile technology. He’s also held several leadership roles in an elite innovation unit in the U.S. Department of Defense. In this conversation, we discuss his latest initiative, Oslo for AI, which seeks to design better processes for governing artificial intelligence.

Show notes

• Michael Anton Dila
• Michael Anton Dila - LinkedIn
• Oslo for AI
• U.S. Department of Defense
• System 3
• OpenAI
• Stone Soup - Wikipedia
• Stuart Candy
• Oslo (film) - Wikipedia
• Oslo (play) - Wikipedia
• The Oslo Accords, 1993
• Inside OpenAI’s Crisis Over the Future of Artificial Intelligence - NY Times
• Computing Machinery and Intelligence by Alan Turing (1950) - PDF
• Projects by IF
• Sarah Gold
• New Design Patterns for AI by Sarah Gold

Show notes include Amazon affiliate links. We get a small commission for purchases made through these links.

If you're enjoying the show, please rate or review us in Apple's podcast directory:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-informed-life/id1450117117?itsct=podcast_box&itscg=30200

This episode's transcript was produced by an AI. If you notice any errors, please get in touch.