Episode 15: Rachel Young - Designing cultures of learning

Show Notes: Breakthrough Collaborative (3:10) Education as a vehicle for exploring the edges of social justice (6:00) Passion to give people what they need to be successful (8:20) Teach for America (10:00) Qualities of a good mentor: patience, clarity, guide through learning moments (12:10) Reasons for loving learning (13:20) How Rachel sustains her energy (14:50) How to decide what to say no to (17:20) Leave yourself room to discover IDEO (18:15) IDEO CEO Sandy Speicher and Disequilibrium (23:15) Constructivist theory of learningQuestion your own assumptions and create new constructs (25:50) Daniel Kahneman Thinking Fast and Slow (26:20) Human-centered design (26:45) Push your imagination to think about what is possible IDEO-UDesigning for an entire city (33:30) Bendable.comDrucker Institute (33:30) Culture of learning (34:50) Creative reaction lab (38:10) TED talk: Designing for a more equitable world | Antionette Carroll  (38:15) Creative Confidence by Tom & David Kelley (40:45) The tenets of design (41:00) Our attempt to apply design approaches in outer space (47:00) Words create worlds (50:00) Embracing all forms of communication (53:00) Lightning Round (54:40) Book: Feminism is for Everybody by Bell Hooks Passion: Swimming What is making Rachel’s heart sing: Digital literacy National Science Foundation Convergence Accelerator (1:00:30) My project - the Convergence Hub for the Exploration of Space ScienceThe ‘era of the generalist’ (01:01:50) Find Rachel online: Twitter @msrachelyoung LinkedInhttp://msrachelyoung.com/'Five-Cut Fridays’ series  Rachel’s list