Stacy Neier Beran

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Think by Design: Celebrating Design Thinking and Experiential Learning

Think By Design (TBD) presents a hands-on approach to combining design thinking and experiential learning in business education.

2024

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Stories

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Wow, Wish!

11:11 on 11/11

Nov 11

Nov 11

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Pow! Let’s DO November!

Day One November! On a Friday too. The Best Day x2! Pow💥

Nov 1

Nov 1

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How? Run of Show(Me) My Voice/Vote

Countdown Time

Oct 15

Oct 15

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Now, The Pro/Context of Templates

The wow of lo-fi Fall has all but dissolved into pre-crunchy leaves. Say hi to the first dewy cabbages. And hi to the first round of exams…

Oct 1

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Wow: Flip Flop into a Lo Fi Fall

This weekend, I green lit my final round of book production edits. On the 10th anniversary of my dissertation defense, no less.

Sep 3

Sep 3

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Day One = T(he) B(est) D(ay)

A launch letter for the new school year and Think By Design

Sep 3

A colorful disco ball to evoke excitement and celebration

Sep 3

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Skydiving to unique solutions: a gratitude retrospective

During Spring Semester 2022, I led Loyola University Chicago’s first-ever undergraduate course in Design Thinking. This Skydiving to unique…

May 25, 2022

Students sitting around an air tunnel and watching an indoor skydiver take flight.

May 25, 2022

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Reflections on Reimagining Class Time

Three intense months transpired since I shared Reimagining Class Time. The promise of a campus return flared and flourished (and flared and…

Dec 6, 2021

Dec 6, 2021

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Reimagining Class Time: A Manifesto to Deliver Day One

I do not have a personal Amazon Prime account, but I share something more valuable than instant shipping with Jeff Bezos: Day One. For…

Sep 4, 2021

Reimagining Class Time: A Manifesto to Deliver Day One

Sep 4, 2021

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It is this simple & this complex, all in a singular challenge to design for life on our shared…

Understanding empathy is often an unsung, invisible starting point, made more visible when the innovation satisfies the needs for which it…

Jun 15, 2021