Category Archives: Teaching

Duolingo – The Second Half of the Chessboard?

Posted on January 3, 2012 by Skip Walter

As a result of the mentoring I received from Russ Ackoff, I am fascinated more by really good questions than by the answers.  My colleague, Professor David Socha, pointed me to a Ted Talk by Luis von Ahn on “Massive-scale online collaboration“.  Luis is … Continue reading →

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Mentoring Idea Stage Startups

Posted on January 2, 2012 by Skip Walter

One of the joys of teaching project based classes in Human Centered Design is encouraging the teams to explore building their product and starting a company to monetize the product.  This fall’s class project assignment was to research, design and … Continue reading →

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Words Mean Something

Posted on December 28, 2011 by Skip Walter

Words Mean Something, Not Necessarily the Same to Everyone I am always amazed at how words mean something, but rarely the same thing to different people.  One of the hardest words to get agreement on is the word “customer.”  It’s … Continue reading →

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The Map – You are Here!

Posted on December 27, 2011 by Skip Walter

While on our round the world in 21 days trip, my wife and I were eagerly looking forward to a reunion with an Australian exchange student who had lived with my family during our senior year in high school.  Our … Continue reading →

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About Business and Product Development

Posted on December 26, 2011 by Skip Walter

The transformation of business is continuing to accelerate as we begin a new century.  We were barely understanding the Industrial Age when the widespread usage of computers in business moved us into the Information Age.  The rapid doubling of processor … Continue reading →

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PhD General Exam – A Model for Mentoring?

Posted on December 23, 2011 by Skip Walter

Earlier this year, I was asked to serve on the PhD committee for Alex Thayer at UW HCDE along with the co-chairs – Charlotte Lee and Jan Spyridakis, and Cecilia Aragon.  I eagerly accepted as a way to understand what the process for … Continue reading →

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Eliminating the Professional Priesthoods

Posted on December 22, 2011 by Skip Walter

One of the trends I’ve seen over the years is the systematic elimination of priesthoods in industry after industry. I first noticed this with the publication of the book From Wall Street to Main Street by Gene Perry.  He described the transition … Continue reading →

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Finding My Sword

Posted on December 19, 2011 by Skip Walter

In the late 1980s I had the privilege of attending a three day seminar put on by the Catholic Church called Cursillo in the diocese of New Hampshire.  The course is also known as a short course in Christianity.  The original … Continue reading →

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Meyers Briggs and Project Team Formation

Posted on December 19, 2011 by Skip Walter

While I am not a professional teacher, I find that in business and consulting I am teaching all the time.  Several years ago thanks to the trusting invitation of Professor Jan Spyridakis, I found myself teaching graduate school at the … Continue reading →

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Human Centered Design – Moving from Research to Recommendations

Posted on December 17, 2011 by Skip Walter

I just finished teaching a User Centered Design Course in the University of Washington Human Centered Design and Engineering Evening Masters program. This course is project based and this year’s project was to create a mobile application for a smart phone … Continue reading →

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