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Home > Dare to be Different: Design Thinking Practices for a More Human-Centered & Inclusive Approach to HR

 
 

Design Thinking is on a lot of HR conference agendas but still a big mystery for most of us! Bringing a design thinking approach to your work does not have to be difficult.

 

This session is going to demystify the buzzword and show you how you can bring design thinking to your next team meeting. 

 

We’ll share with you learnings from 10+ years of research and delivery into how human-centered design (aka design thinking) can get executive buy-in, build better programs + change the perception of HR.

 

We will look at the principles and practices of Design Thinking to:

  • How design thinking immediately delivers value and changes the perception of HR
  • A fresh way to capture data and insights to ensure your people programs are designed to support a diverse employee base
  • Why HR is 5x more effective when they use design thinking [Ref: Deloitte Human Capital Report]

In this hands-on interactive workshop session, you will learn how to:

  • Design Thinking 101: to get you started with bringing a more creative approach and change how your team solves problems
  • A 5 Step repeatable and strategic system that supports higher engagement 
  • Ways to improve program adoption and buy-in from employees and executives using co-creation
  • Creative Reframing Methods to test for bias in your people programs and candidate experience, to ensure you design for a wider variety of people.
 
Date(s) & Time(s): 
Thursday, October 3, 2019 - 9:10am to 10:25am
Presenter: 
Ei Ei Samai
Founder
Samai Group
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Ei Ei Samai is the founder of the Samai Group, which grows agility, resilience, and belonging in social impact groups through a dynamic combination of consulting, coaching, facilitating, and training. Her skill-building as a mindful facilitator began when she learned Vipassana insight meditation as a 4 year old. She was introduced to diversity, inclusion, and equity work as a working class immigrant teen at a Silicon Valley High School in the 90s and continued investing in her capacity as a culture designer throughout her education and career. 

In addition to holding a Master of Science in Organizational Management and Transformative Leadership, she is certified in advanced facilitation, experiential training, community mediation, conflict transformation, restorative justice, ecological model of leadership, regenerative human systems design, and in Neuroscience of Conversations® by the late Judith Glaser. In 2019, she was chosen as a Courage Catalyst in the first cohort of Brené Brown's Dare to Lead™ Facilitator Training.
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With over 20 years of experience in social impact, Ei Ei brings grounded expertise in shaping bold conversations in areas such as educational equity, social and environmental justice, trust architecture, collective impact, strategy planning, program and service design, family and community engagement, collaborative partnerships, knowledge management, and organizational culture. 
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Ei Ei co-founded Seedles, LLC, which inspires kids (and their grown ups) to positively impact the planet they are inheriting. Seedles has made possible the growing of millions of wildflowers for pollinators across the US through collective action. In 2017, she was recognized by Congresswoman Jackie Speier for her contributions to California’s 14th District.

She has lived, studied, or traveled in 6 continents and identifies as a global citizen. As a mom of two, her primary professional mission is to make the world a safer, kinder, fairer place for all children through her contributions.

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Vanessa Shaw
CEO and Founder
Human Side of Tech
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Vanessa Shaw is the Founder of Human Side of Tech, Working across sectors, Vanessa has delivered culture and innovation trainings and supported people teams to implement human-centered practices at brands like Lyft, Expedia, Cisco, VISA, T-Mobile, with multinationals in EMEA while living in Spain for four years. In 2017 she created The Workplace Lab - the first of its kind a community-driven learning method and design thinking incubator for HR, Talent Acquisition, Diversity & Inclusion leaders to prototype and build new people practices.

SESSIONS:
Location: 
Poplar
Credit Type: 
•SHRM PDCs
Session Type: 
Concurrent Session
Competency: 
Business Acumen
Consultation
Ethical Practice
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Inclusion & Diversity

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