by Grazia Maria Giordano | Sep 1, 2021 | Design Thinking
One thing that last year has confirmed to us: the world around us is moving at an ever-greater speed. It is a world in constant change in which unpredictable events happen at ever closer rates over time. It is a VUCA world! The covid-19 pandemic is the latest in...
by Grazia Maria Giordano | Jun 4, 2021 | Design Thinking, Design Thinking applications, leadership
Here is a new blog from the “What if it’s a movie” series. This newcomer piece is inspired by one of the hottest topics in the management landscape: leadership and what being a leader means in today’s context. In particular, I’d like to talk about one specific...
by Grazia Maria Giordano | May 16, 2021 | Design Thinking, Design Thinking applications
In today’s fast-changing world, the traditional top-down approach to policymaking has proven ineffective and is leaving in its wake great compliance issues, limited benefits and dissatisfied employees. In this context, human-centered internal policies can be the real...
by Grazia Maria Giordano | Jan 2, 2021 | Collaboration, Design Thinking applications, Workshops
In my exploration of Human-Centered Design in the Procurement function, it’s now time to explore how to make the most of your projects with workshops, which are the top tool designers use. In the past blogs, I’ve introduced the possible applications of...
by Grazia Maria Giordano | Nov 14, 2020 | Collaboration, Design Thinking applications
“There are 10,000 of them. There’s one of me. It’s impossible to pay attention to all of them!” I’ve now forgotten how many times I’ve heard a Procurement manager saying this! If you’re a Procurement Manager, I bet that you’ve said this at least once in your...