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Serious Play
2023 | Toronto, CA
Presenter
Addressing Mis- and dis-information through casual style game play
The intent of this research was to help individuals recognize and protect themselves against manipulation. We explore how logical fallacies and loaded language are used to manipulate messages we encounter every day. We demonstrate how Loki’s Marauders was prototyped to educate players about logical fallacies and loaded words when employed against them through a fun interactive storyline. Players learn techniques to identify and respond to manipulation through a hands-on competitive multiplayer experience.
Attendees will see a use case of developing a serious game for educating about manipulative language, as well as learn about the design choices tied to achieving the serious goals of the game.
South Dakota Advertising Federation
2023 | Sioux Falls, SD
Keynote
Beyond Project Teams: Why relationships matter for innovation
Project teams fail when relationships are treated as transactional and time-bound. Innovation is built upon reciprocal relationships of trust and camaraderie. This presentation explores how to develop vibrant interpersonal relationships that reduce ego and increase on-going connection. We’ll explore how professional relationships look within a start-up and among enterprise teams. Drawing on personal experiences and research, participants will be able to identify clear steps to enhance their relationships, beyond a single project team, to successfully increase innovation and foster long-term satisfaction. Participants will leave with a framework for developing stronger relationships with their peers.
“Josh concisely helped me identify new ways to grow and develop my design organization. His perspective would be valuable to anyone looking to build a strong team culture.”
Innov8rs Connect
Members of MITRE's Innovation Toolkit team shared the story of how they built, grew, and are sustaining an intrapreneurial team committed to their mission of "helping people understand what innovation is and how to do it."
“The MITRE team demonstrated a successful method to apply human-centered design innovation within systems engineering organization to promote change.”
Defense Acquisition University (DAU), Think Differently Series
Are you ready to rev up your innovation chops for FY22? To innovate effectively innovators need tools and approaches to engage their teams. Innovators must tease out problems, prioritize the essential elements, and build solutions to critical problems.
Join us in this episode of Think Differently to hear from the Innovation Team at MITRE to learn about the Innovation Toolkit so you and your team can think creatively, frame problems, build consensus, and ask the right questions.
Microsoft Design Expo, 2019
2019 | Redmond, WA
Student Team – Keynote
Scout: A mentoring platform for all generations
Each year, Microsoft Research sponsors a semester-long class at leading design schools. In interdisciplinary teams of two to four students, students design a user experience prototype that solves a real-world problem. From these groups, a representative team from each school presents their work at Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Washington USA.
Design Expo began as partnership between Microsoft and Apple to integrate technology into the curriculum of design schools worldwide. Their goal is to build long term relationships with the design schools, and build community across schools.
“Josh and his team brought a fresh perspective on caring for the elderly through deliberate co-creation and empathetic development with the Pittsburgh Community”