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DFW Innovation Economy
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A USAA design workshop. [Photo: USAA]
Design With a Big ‘D’: Design Thinkers Leading the Way
by Dave Moore | Sep 24, 2018
Whether it’s slaying piles of paper receipts at tax time or making shopping an adventure, these Dallas area design thinkers are making their marks in their respective industries. The common thread? Dogged persistence. We talk with four who caught the “experiential wave” early.
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by Dave Moore |
Sep 24, 2018
Intuit has embraced design thinking, says Intuit VP of Design James Helm. He talks with Dave Moore about the thinking that precedes formal design and how the company retains designers who may get multiple recruiting calls each week.
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by Dave Moore |
Sep 24, 2018
Don Relyea — who Incorporated a 19-person core design team to BBVA Compass within a couple weeks — says that the addition of designers to global banking firm BBVA is introducing constructive problem-solving to operations across 35 countries.
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![My second year (in teaching high school English), things began looking up. I cracked the code and figured out how to motivate students. I had lessons I could improve upon. And I started getting curious — what could the sciences teach me about how we learn? Most of what I read at that time could be classified as pop psychology — secondhand accounts of “brain science” studies. ...One particular study involved our sense of smell and memory. I had been reading Robert Jutte’s 2004 book “A History of Senses,” and I stumbled upon this interesting remark: “Our sense of smell is most directly linked to memory.” Hmm — smell and memory are linked. I began to think how this could be applied to some of our creative writing assignments... Excerpt from “Seductive Interaction Design,” by Stephen Anderson [Sources: Capital One, Stephen Anderson]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Stephen-Anderson_CapitalOne_Garage-360x203.jpg)
by Dave Moore |
Sep 24, 2018
Q+A | Stephen Anderson, head of design at Capital One’s Garage, (literally) wrote the book on “Seductive Interaction Design.” He talks about finding talent and how design thinking is applied to daily life.
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Accenture’s design and innovation consultancy – Fjord – acquired Austin-based Chaotic Moon in 2015 to help inject gamification and immersive experiences into client business models. [Photo: Accenture]
Design With a Big ‘D’:
Corporate by Design
by Dave Moore | Sep 21, 2018
Design pros help companies such as Walmart, Accenture, Bottle Rocket, Sabre, and more gain competitive advantage. Here are insights for how it works.
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by Brian Sullivan |
Sep 20, 2018
Big Design co-founder Brian Sullivan shares its origin story.
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by Dave Moore |
Sep 20, 2018
Four out of 10 Texas user-experience professionals work in Dallas-Fort Worth. Part 1 of our series explores Dallas-Fort Worth as a UX hotspot.
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by Eric Griffin |
Sep 14, 2018
Part 9 of our series looks at metrics that help to describe the overall economic stability of the region
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DFW Innovation Economy: Labor Pool Talent
by Eric Griffin | Sep 11, 2018
Part 8 of our series on the drivers of an innovation economy looks at the single biggest contributor — local talent. 4 charts show how we stack up.
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by Eric Griffin |
Aug 28, 2018
Part 6 of our innovation economy series addresses access to capital — and where we stand.
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by Eric Griffin |
Aug 24, 2018
Part 5 of our innovation economy series explores entrepreneurial communities and why metros including DFW are increasing efforts to support them.
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by Eric Griffin |
Aug 14, 2018
Part 7 of our innovation economy series explores entrepreneurial communities and why metros including DFW are increasing efforts to support them.
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DFW Innovation Economy: Learning to Adapt
by Eric Griffin | Aug 6, 2018
Part 3 of our innovation economy series explores the current state of educational attainment and the quality of educational opportunities by metro area.
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by Eric Griffin |
Aug 6, 2018
Homegrown ingenuity is the heartbeat of innovation, and Voices writer Eric Griffin presents a deeper look at how Dallas-Fort Worth stacks up as a global hub for innovation in a multi-part series: DFW Innovation Economy.
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by Eric Griffin |
Aug 3, 2018
Part two in our innovation economy series highlights population growth and talent attraction as a first look at regional innovation potential. Here's how DFW stacks up.
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![Erica Kosemund, Chief Brand Officer, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; Gillian Breidenbach, Chief Partnership Officer, North Texas FWC Organizing Committee; Chief Gary Batton, Chief of Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; Monica Paul, Executive Director of Dallas Sports Commission and President of North Texas FWC Organizing Committee; John Hobbs, Senior Executive Officer of Communications, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; and Heidi Grant, Senior Executive Officer of Commerce Administration, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, celebrate Choctaw Casinos & Resorts becoming an Official Dallas World Cup 2026 Host City Supporter. [Photo: North Texas FWC Organizing Committee/Choctaw Casinos & Resorts]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/FIFA-Choctaw-dec-2025.jpg)
