Globant and the California College of the Arts (CCA) got together to present CON.VERGE, their first conference for business executives and thought-leaders. Advisor to many Fortune 1000 companies Lisa is also an educator on the faculty at the CCA & Singularity University. She co-authored the WSJ bestseller, Moments of Impact: How to Design Strategic Conversations that Accelerate Change. In her talk, she explained about the world filled with increasing volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity, how leaders need to approach strategy much less like mechanics and more like designers. Check out her presentation for more details.

1. DESIGN AND TECH GO DIGITAL
DESIGNING MOMENTS OF IMPACT
LISA KAY SOLOMON
October 29th & 30th

4. In a world filled with increasing volatilit
uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity,
leaders need to approach strategy
much less like mechanics and more like
designers.

5. Designers of
better futures

6. What do
we mean
by design?

7. »As a designer,
it’s my job
to make choices
that trigger the
right responses.«
Nathan Shedroff | Chair of the DMBA

9. FUNCTIONAL
UTILITY
EMOTIONAL
ENGAGEMENT

12. Source: MLAlabs.com

14. Where do these
design choices
show up in our
work?

16. Calendar rage.

17. Source: New York Times, May 20, 2014

18. Source: Harvard Business Review, May 2014

21. Source :Harvard Business Review, Jan 2010
WHAT HAPPENS ON
A GREAT WORKDAY?
BEST DAY
WORST DAY
FEELING OF
PROGRESS

22. As leaders,
how do we trigger
different
responses?

23. PRINCIPLES FOR
LEADER AS
DESIGNER

24. YOUR JOB IS NOT
TO DELIVER ANSWERS.
YOUR JOB IS TO
CREATE CONDITIONS
FOR DISCOVERY.
YOUR JOB IS TO
CREATE CONDITIONS
OF DISCOVERY.
1.

25. from
Expertise

26. to
Curiosity

27. »Questions open up space in
your mind.
If you don’t ask the question,
there’s no place for it to go.«
Clay Christensen

28. Design as Strategy
Build
Understanding
Shape
choices
Make
Decisions

29. KAAREN HANSON
(Former Vice President of Design Innovation Intuit)
“FALL IN LOVE WITH
THE PROBLEM AND
NOT THE SOLUTION.”

32. CULTIVATING
DISCOVERY

33. DESIGN IS NOT
A TEAM SPORT.
DESIGN REQUIRES
AN ENSEMBLE OF
TALENT.
2.

34. From
Politics

35. To
Possibility

36. MEET NEIL GRIMMER
CEO & COFOUNDER OF PLUM ORGANIC
CHIEF DADDY-0

38. HELLO FUTURE,
IT’S NICE TO MEET YOU.

39. THE BABY FOOD FIGHT
(BATTLE OF THE BABY BRANDS)

40. THEATER MEETS BUSINESS

42. HAPPY
BABY

44. FOOD FIGHT 2.0?

45. DESIGN IS NOT A
CRAPSHOOT.
YOUR JOB IS TO
CREATE CONDITIONS
FOR DISCOVERY.
DESIGN IS A
LEARNABLE CRAFT..
3.

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50. From
“Yeah, but”

51. To
Hope.

52. DESIGN MBA

53. Masters
Business
Ambiguity

54. Mastery

55. Source: DMBA Student Patchanok Koychusakun
Mastery=
Learning

56. Business

57. Yiping Chen
Business=
Value

58. Ambiguity

59. Source: DMBA Student Candelaria Ochoa
Ambiguity=
Openness

61. DESIGNING
BETTER
CONVERSATIONS

62. »If you’re sitting in
a room with a
bunch of slide
decks, there’s
very little
that can
go wrong…

63. …There’s just
very little that
can go right,
too.«
KAAREN HANSON
(Former Vice President of Design Innovation Intuit)

64. As Leaders, what responses
do we want to trigger?

65. @LisaKaySolomon