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Mar 2023
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#310 Fudge design thinking with Anna Kir...

James Royal-Lawson & Per Axbom
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Power dynamics, egos, “I know best”. The ways in which we go about solving problems need to be challenged and changed. Anna Kirah joins us to help us facilitate that change and make a move from design thinking towards transdisciplinary thinking. 
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