Author Archives: Jacqueline Ashby

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The best shot of me yet @stephenhui! Bahaha! And we’ll be making a bigger one if we keep eatin’ and drinkin’ like this! Best friends ascend mountains of whipped cream and descend slices of blueberry cheesecake! Bahahahaha!!! #2017 #NewTerrain #SanJuanIslands

Sifting the sands and uncovering two rare colours (blue and orange) of sea glass on Christmas Eve. Precious little gifts! We screamed so loud in excitement. We drew a crowd of children who helped us look for more. #seaglasshunters 🙂

What does it mean to live a fulfilled life? 

1. Have more compassion — for yourself and others. Hy says he would beat himself up if everything in his day didn’t go perfectly. Now, he has more of a glass half-full approach. He doesn’t let little things blow up his day.

2. Do the “Uncomfortable Introspection.” Hy says you have to figure out what you’re afraid of and learn to set it aside so it doesn’t impact your decision making. For some, this may take meditation. For others, it may come through therapy or journaling.

3. Get comfortable with stillness. Hy has come to value “quiet space.” It’s become more necessary than ever to unplug for a few minutes a day. He actually taught himself to meditate on super crowded New York subway cars and made his iPhone password extremely complex to prevent himself from checking his phone so much.

4. Live your truth. When you know yourself and what you really want, you finally stop living for money and prestige. It’s freeing, but Hy knows it’s hard. He now makes a living as a writer and speaker, yet he still has trouble calling himself a writer. He has plenty of moments of doubt where he still feels like a pretender.

More on Khemaridh Hy’s perspective.

Fantastic piece on the reintroduction of wolves and how they changed the landscape, the rivers, and the behaviour of surrounding animals in Yellowstone National Park. This provides further evidence that all life forms play a significant role in shaping the world we live in and as humans we need to be conscious of our footprint. Read more here.

Thank you Rob for sharing!

Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper. ~ Francis Bacon
Have a great Friday 🙂

A few recent pieces related to design thinking and health care:
Design thinking is key to preparing doctors and improving health care, Medicine X speakers say…read more.
Learning how to use design thinking to improve the patient experience…read more.
Making design thinking a part of medical education…read more.
How we apply design thinking…read more.

Sweet. Social. Impact. Community. Check out the HiVE.

Tim Brown (IDEO) talks on the role of design thinking in health care.
Download the Human-Centered Design Toolkit.
Key points for me:
The ability to hold opposing constraints in our heads to create new ideas.
The point of convergence between desirability, economic viability, and technological feasibility.
Questions:
How do we do more with less?
How do we make health a life skill?
How do we create a society actively engaged in their own welfare?
How might we make design thinking a tool for everyone in health care?
How can we improve the quality of the patient experience?
How might we improve access to safe drinking water for the world’s poorest people and at the same time stimulate innovation amongst local water providers?
Start with Humans. Understanding motivations and aspirations.
Evaluate the Design.
Nudging towards new behaviours.
Designing new Systems as opposed to the magic bullet.
From consumption to participation.
Moving from thinking about what to build…to building in order to think…using prototyping to move our ideas forward quickly.
Change by design. 🙂