189 - Dr. Sabba Quidwai - Come for AI and Stay for Design Thinking!

Living On The Edge of Chaos

Challenges & Goals

Perception is everything.

• Given our last 10 years with ipads and chromebooks, if people had used ipads, the way they should have been used AI would be non issue in terms of plagiarism, student work and all these other kinds of things. And so it's an issue for us today because we have always latched on to these short term solutions that bring us even more long term problems.
• It's really also important to question these large organizations. These really large big organizations that we look to.... Where have you been in the last 20 years? Where is that check in? Why have things not evolved and why are people so flustered? Where is the advocacy?Who's gonna take the step back and ask what is the missing piece here? Because if you just blindly follow these organizations, you will get what you've got in the last 10 years.

Surprising Takeaways

And I always tell people it doesn't matter whether somebody agrees or disagrees. If you don't have alignment, you have a problem, you're not gonna be able to advance your vision, your solution or anything, regardless of what the scenario is or how excited you may be.

• We don't make the time for [it] and that is a choice that is an active choice we make, whether you realize it or not, where we choose to dedicate our time and dedicate our focus. Those are the seeds we're choosing to plant. What you do is going to get you the outcomes that you get.
• Prompt the human before you prompt the AI

Emerging Patterns

Importance of personal branding in opening doors for opportunities

Maintaining a growth mindset towards taking risks

Emphasis on human connection and values in all aspects of life - from personal relationships to professional settings

Importance of questioning large organizations

Key Moments

1) "I think it's an 80% mindset game…that idea that anything is possible…you truly have to believe that that's actually the case for you if you are going to trust yourself."

2) "Being able to really understand your non negotiables…what are the things I just will not tolerate?"

3) "One of my biggest reasons I advocate for having a personal brand…is it's very difficult to have those choices if the only people who know you are the people in your building."

RESOURCES

• LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/sabba-quidwai/
• Design Schools - https://designingschools.org/
• Her documentary - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JHKPjDSTF8
• Session Lab - https://www.sessionlab.com/
• Spark Type - https://sparketype.com/sparketest/
• Black Sheep by Brant Menswar - https://www.brantmenswar.com/valuesassessment