Schools as Startups and Students as Founders. 3 Strategies For Student to Design Their Future
Imagine if every student introduced themselves by saying: Hi! I’m ____ and I’m working on _____. Instead of: Hi I’m a freshman and I go...
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Sabba Quidwai
- 6 min
Urgent Optimism: How to Give Your Team the Skills to be Futurists
2022 is quickly coming to a close. As we begin a new school year we have two options. Option 1: We keep doing what we’ve always been...
Sabba Quidwai
- 7 min
Creative Career Map: How Students Can Navigate the Future of Work with Design Thinking
The average worker has about 12 different jobs over their lifetime, and that number is increasing. The self awareness to understand your...
Sabba Quidwai
- 14 min
What is Design Thinking in Education?
So you have heard about design thinking and are curious to see how you might use it. Or perhaps you have used it before and you are...
Sabba Quidwai
- 10 min
Five Reflections From A Decade of Using Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn as a Professional
2012. That was the year I began to explore social media as a professional. I wish I could say it was curiosity. On the contrary. I was...
Sabba Quidwai
- 7 min
Part One: Back to the Basics – Preparing Students in Higher Education with Digital Literacy Sk
From adults to young children, the past two years have challenged us to live, work, and learn in different ways. For the past decade...
Sabba Quidwai
- 7 min
How Leaders Use Design Sprints to Collaborate, Solve Problems and Make Decisions
If you are in a role where you make decisions and solve problems then you’ll be interested in design sprints. In 2019 I was invited to...
Sabba Quidwai
- 6 min
From Idea to Impact: 3 Tools to Accelerate Innovation, Collaboration and Trust with Teams
When I interviewed Erik Brynjolfsson on the Designing Schools podcast he shared, “Don’t just look at what’s being done and think how can...
Sabba Quidwai
- 5 min
Why I Turned My Dissertation into a Documentary. An Invitation to the Live Launch
In 2018 I began the Global Executive EdD program at the University of Southern California. In many ways it was the greatest empathy...
Sabba Quidwai
- 7 min
How the “Hello Monday” Podcast Gave Me The Confidence and Strategies to Resign from Apple
It’s Monday and my favorite way to start the week is with an episode of Hello Monday with Jessi Hempel from LinkedIn. This has been my...
Sabba Quidwai
- 9 min
I Resigned From Apple…. Here’s What’s Next.
I resigned from Apple, What’s next? It’s a question that I’ve been asked many times since I graduated with my doctorate in Global...
Sabba Quidwai
- 5 min
3 Strategies for Traveling After the Pandemic
The travel ban on Americans visiting Europe has officially ended and it could not have come at a better time. With some countries...
Sabba Quidwai
- 2 min
Creating a Culture of Collaboration and Trust at Design39
I had the privilege of reflecting on this topic and sharing thoughts with Devin Vodicka, author of Learner-Centered Education and CEO of...
Sabba Quidwai
- 2 min
How To Take the Leap: From Launching Your Business to Having Conversations That Matter
When it comes to taking uncomfortable action on matters that are important to us, from launching that side hustle into a full time...
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