Steven Fowell
Chapter 1
Introduction
It’s hard to keep track of all the wonderful people I have met over my lifetime (thousands of conversations with nonstop re-iterating). It’s taken me so many wonderful places across the globe. Normal books would have a forward giving a recommendation to BUY this book. I recommend YOU and whatever way I can make YOU better through empowerment while losing fear. This is not your typical book as I try to convey the importance that you choose to do whatever you want to do in life. It’s design thinking driven by empowering others within the book of those that you might enjoy and gain wisdom from. I’m a firm believer in doing what I can for anyone writing from the heart so this is all genuine. I took the design challenge from everyone else around me that said, “you cannot write a book”. They would have defined who I am if I didn’t.
It’s funny writing a book on design thinking in a nutshell. My moment of inspiration came when I had the pleasure of working with Portland State students a few years ago as I struggled working for a corporation that was losing the value of the consumer-employee relationship (people). In the classroom there were no walled fortresses as we were all kids again. We were re-iterating, designing and getting out in community cross pollinating so many different things. It brought tears of joy to me and will always remember these precious moments.
The how might we approach is the way I approach things in life. I’ve dropped taking myself too serious now as it’s so much more of an enjoyable way to live being simple. I hear people say all the time, “This is the future of..”. My instant reaction is to go into design mode (finding the moment of inspiration then think about applying technology). It’s my thread that ties with other people’s threads. It’s connecting dots and that’s fun for me and should be for you!
The power of creativity and design thinking is REALLY enjoyable. People create whatever they want to create with authenticity from the heart. People should hold other people accountable that have the ability to impact them and their decisions. Transparency is what we strive for right? We can always collect “things”, but the memorable human centered experiences lasts a lifetime I can assure you (in the heart). It should be the first responsibility of every person to question everything.
May you find your heart and own journey in life that is filled with purpose. We can choose to be principles and values driven together. Now comes the time taking the fear out of me and hopefully you. This took a ton of courage and time I can assure you. The power of the mind. I can!