An 8-week facilitated group design process

Learn how to use design thinking to collaboratively understand your vision and blocks
Refine your plans, ideas, and schemes
Result: a clear, tested, well-designed plan to move forward with

Next Bunch:

Wednesdays Oct 9 - Nov 27
6-8pm PST
Online
8 Live, facilitated group sessions
Included: Two 1:1 design coaching sessions with Dan

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Who is this bunch for?

Creatives people who want clarity with an overwhelming amount of ideas, plans, and goals.
People who want to learn what design thinking is and how to apply the framework to their own wicked problems.
Designers who want to use their skills for more than their work.
Purple cows who know that you can play and collaborate and still get deep work done with joy!
Entrepreneurs and artists who are curious about a new system for organizing and understanding blocks to goals.

Dan's facilitation of this course made it much more effective, accessible, interactive, and fun that it would ever been without him. It's easy to see how much effort he really puts into listening to each person involved and observing the environment overall in the way that he gives such personal-suited guidance and encorporates activities that are best suited for the group. Dan embraced technology with this remotely delivered course and made use of numerous collectively interactive tools for us to share information easily and in engaging, fun ways. I looked forward to our course meet-ups each week as I always left them with seeds of inspiration via the group participation elements. I also felt much more motivated and on track with my personal goals because of the regular structure and feedback throughout.

FS

Software Developer

Dan is a wonderful facilitator who cares deeply and does his best to make his sessions informative, fun, and inspiring! It's very clear that he's a fabulous improvisor and uses those skills to bring zoom meetings to life. His sessions were something to look forward to each week, and I always felt left hearted after, but also excited to get going on my new projects in life.

MF

Storyteller / Radio Host

Working with Dan, I experienced his ability to see beyond the bigger picture and meaningfully connect with stakeholders with appreciation, respect, professionalism and kindness, which in my mind are excellent traits of a designer.

AY

Service Designer

Dans dedication to understanding their needs and goals is commendable, and it shines through in the exceptional experiences he creates.

JF

Product Design Manager

Why Delightful Design Bunch?

The Bunch

A group to go through the process with you. When you do your ideation you have a team who already understands your vision

2x 1:1 Coaching Sessions

Dan is a professional executive coach. Coaching sessions help you remove barriers and build clarity for your vision.

Design Thinking

Learn how to use design thinking to collaboratively understand your vision and find clarity

Applied Improv

The use of principles, tools, practices, skills and mindsets of improvisational theater in non-theatrical settings, that may result in personal development, team building, creativity, innovation, and/or meaning.

Mindfulness

Mindfulness practices built into the process enhance presence and self-awareness, allowing you to better understand your passions and values.

What is design thinking?

Design thinking is a non-linear, iterative process that teams use to understand users, challenge assumptions, redefine problems and create innovative solutions to prototype and test. It is most useful to tackle ill-defined or unknown problems and involves five phases: Empathize, Define, Ideate, Prototype and Test.
- Interaction Design Foundation

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Start with empathy. Focus on the people to come up with solutions that work best for individuals, business, and society.
‍Reframe the problem or challenge at hand. Don’t rush into a solution. Explore the problem space and look at the issue through multiple perspectives to gain a more holistic, nuanced understanding.
Initially, employ a divergent style of thinking (analyze). In the problem space, gather as many insights as possible. In the solution space, encourage team members to generate and explore as many solutions as possible in an open, judgment-free ideation space.
Later, employ a convergent style of thinking (synthesize). In the problem space, synthesize all data points to define the problem. In the solution space, whittle down all the ideas—isolate, combine and refine potential solutions to create more mature ideas.
Create and test prototypes. Solutions that make it through the previous stages get tested further to remove potential issues.
Iterate. As the team progresses through the various stages, they revisit different stages and may redefine the challenge based on new insights.

Designing Your Life Book

“This [is] the career book of the next decade and… the go-to book that is read as a rite of passage whenever someone is ready to create a life they love.”
- David Kelley - Founder of IDEO

The Delightful Design Bunch is an adaptation and expansion on the ideas of this book.

Designing Your Life - Bill Burnett & Dave Evans Book free info call

Who is Dan anyway?

Designer - Coach - Facillitator - UX Researcher

My Mission: To playfully co-design change in people and systems with love, equity, and empathy.

I’m a surprisingly enthusiastic, empathic listener who is dedicated to facilitating with creativity and joy. A student/practitioner of facilitation for 15 years, my background is leading international service-learning tours, youth health programming in First Nations communites, street-involved youth work, and harm reduction.

Studies that inform my facilitation:

Level 1 Professional Coaching Accreditation - International Coaching Federation
BA in Professional Communications from RRU
Data-Driven Design: Quantitative Research for UX - Interaction Design Foundation
200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training - Karma Teachers

Passions that I twist into everything:

Improv Comedy / Applied Improv
Contact Dance
Music

Starting in 2019 I studied design full-time and tested my newfound theory by combining my international leadership and youthwork with design facilitation to lead groups of global designers in design sprints for NGO’s around the world. I worked for two years as a User Experience Researcher with a national newspaper, conducting UX research with a market of 10 million + users.

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Q & A

How do I sign up NOW?

I believe that it's important to speak with everybody who is interested in joining to hear your goals and make sure that you have all the info.
There is currently no "pay now" link. all links are directed to my booking page where you can select a time for a call.

How much does it cost?

There IS a course fee for the Delightful Design Bunch.
I would like the chance to discuss course fee when we get on a call.
No price is listed on this page.
"cheaper than therapy" - past participant.

How many people will be in the bunch?

Minimum 4
Maximum 10
A small group allows for more time spent with each other and a close understanding of the background and problem space of all participants.

Land Acknowledgment

Dan lives, works, and hosts this bunch from the unceded and traditonal territory of the lək̓ʷəŋən People

Through my years as a designer and youth worker, I have lived and worked in Cree, W̱SÁNEĆ, and Metis communities. I have been fortunate to hear/partake in stories, teachings, music, and ceremony from knowledge keepers, friends, and youth. I consider it my duty and joy, as a non-indigenous person dedicated to decolonization, to continue to learn and design in a way that is collaborative and supportive of Indigenous people, culture, and land.

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