Navigating Ambiguity, Andrea Small
Navigating Ambiguity, Andrea Small
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Navigating Ambiguity
Creating Opportunity in a World of Unknowns

Author: Andrea Small, Kelly Schmutte, Stanford d.school

Narrator: Andrea Small, Kelly Schmutte

Unabridged: 2 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/19/2022

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

A thought-provoking guide to help you lean in to the discomfort of the unknown to turn creative opportunities into intentional design, from Stanford University's world-renowned d.school.

“Navigating Ambiguity reminds us not to run from uncertainty but rather see it as a defining moment of opportunity.”—Yves Béhar, Founder and CEO, fuseproject

A design process presents a series of steps, but in real life, it rarely plays out this neatly. Navigating Ambiguity underscores how the creative process isn’t formulaic. This book shows you how to surrender control by being adaptable, curious, and unbiased as well as resourceful, tenacious, and courageous.

Designers and educators Andrea Small and Kelly Schmutte use humor and clear steps to help you embrace uncertainty as you approach a creative project. First, they explain how the brain works and why it defaults to certainty. Then they show you how to let go of the need for control and instead employ a flexible strategy that relies on the balance between acting and adapting, and the give-and-take between opposing approaches to make your way to your goal.

This audiobook offers ways to rethink creative work without hitting the usual roadblocks. The result is a more open and satisfying journey from assignment or idea to finished product.

*Includes a downloadable PDF of images and key exercises from the book

Reviews

Goodreads review by Misha on August 02, 2024

Do you ever find a book that perfectly resonates with your life as it exists in a certain moment? This short read was the missing puzzle piece to a challenging week. Recommended for anybody who might be currently feeling a little lost or overwhelmed.......more

Goodreads review by Richard on March 10, 2024

A few months ago I bought the complete set of Stanford d.school guides, and I am slowly working my way through them. The first one that I read on prototyping was excellent. The second one on designing social change was a disappointment, but now I'm back on track and loving the series again with my t......more

Goodreads review by Minjeong on May 18, 2023

Designers today — especially those working in tech — need to be proficient in both quantitative and qualitative approaches to design. In tech, there is a lot of literature on how to apply the scientific method to design and innovation. It is useful, but I find that being inundated with science-drive......more

Goodreads review by Y.S. on April 22, 2022

Navigating Ambiguity is an attempt by a group of artists to share their perspectives on how we can thrive when we don't have a full picture of what is in front of us or what to do next in our lives and endeavours. This is a book that tries to help manage life uncertainties and ambiguities by teachin......more

Goodreads review by Corey on September 23, 2022

Still learning post my @stanfordgsb executive leadership sessions. “Creating opportunity in a world of unknowns,” is totally necessary because the world in which we find ourselves is flooded with them! One of the quotes I often say personally is “find the box, and erase it.” Design thinking is intri......more


Quotes

Navigating Ambiguity reminds us not to run from uncertainty but rather see it as a defining moment of opportunity.”—Yves Béhar, founder and CEO of fuseproject