Designing Your Work Life

Design thinkers start out curious, keep open, flexible minds, try out different solutions to see what happens and learn from their mistakes. They seek solutions to solve short- and long-term problems simultaneously. If you feel stuck at your job, designers Bill Burnett and Dave Evans, co-directors of the Stanford Life Design Lab, offer designer-minded steps to first change your attitude, then your results.

The authors detail the specific approach designers take to problem-solving. Not every exercise will apply to you, but they offer a sound resource for improving your work life.