Daniel Gomez Seidel

Led a team through a five-day innovation Bootcamp to address ideas related to the domain of education, prevention, and action against sexual harassment within the UN agencies.

Provided guidance on:

- Stakeholder Analysis
- Product Roadmapping
- Theory of Change
- Customer Journey Mapping
- User Personas
- Assumption Mapping and De-Risking
- Prototype and Research Planning
- Pitch Storytelling

Taught a creative problem solving workshop for WeCode 2019 with 50+ students from diverse majors.

Invited to teach a course on lean product development, and design thinking for the students on the FinTech track of the MBA at Cornell Tech.

Shared perspectives on research, strategy and product development for millions of customers at large corporations to first year students of the Masters in Integrated Product Design.

Invited to share best practices on design strategy and product development for the students at the Masters in Computer Science.

Led conference attendants through a problem solving workshop using design thinking methods.

Led a 4-hour idea development workshop for 150+ interdisciplinary students ranging from undergraduate to PhD, on the topic of technology-enabled veterinary innovation.

Ran a workshop on the topic of interviewing for UX research roles with the graduating students from the Masters in Human Centered Design and Engineering.

Evolving Organizational Impact

Presented a 1 hour installment on how to implement purpose-driven metrics as organizations (for and not-for profit) grow in size and reach. The talk was attended by Teach for All entrepreneurs from 40 different countries, and organized by Enseña por Mexico.

Guest panelist at the ByDesign 2015 Festival where I will was invited to share ideas on how design can be applied as a tool for organizational strategy and change management. https://lnkd.in/b8thzwY

Addressing India's Sustainability Problem

I was invited as a member of the advisory board to guide a team on entrepreneurs in designing a solution for India's plastic bag consumption problem. Building from techniques of design thinking and agile problem-solving, each team had to understand, conceptualize, prototype and present a solution in a period of five hours. http://bit.ly/PDFX-DesignSwarm

Customer Journeys for B2B and Enterprise

Facilitated a workshop with 20 regional country managers and SVP's of customer experience from Schneider Electric, to understand and practice the principles of journey mapping for the B2B context, including persona generation and relationship strategy creation.

Placemaking for Refugees:

Led a team of 12 interdisciplinary designers in the context of the IDSA Global Conference, on a 4 hour long rapid prototyping process to envision opportunities to help refugee youth regain a sense of identity, purpose and place in their camps. Our concept was selected among 5 teams to be presented at the IDSA main stage.

Placemaking for Refugees:

Led a team of 25 interdisciplinary designers in the context of the Seattle Design Festival 2015, on a 3 hour long rapid prototyping process to envision opportunities to help refugee youth regain a sense of identity, purpose and place in their camps. Co-facilitaed the session with Surya Vanka, former director of UX at Microsoft.

Monetizing Wearables: A Business Strategy Workshop

In this workshop, lead strategist Daniel Gomez Seidel will explore the unique innovation and entrepreneurship opportunities created by wearables. As wearable adoption accelerates these devices not only enable the creation of new services, new integration possibilities and new business models, but they disrupt the status quo for “established” platforms like smart phones and cloud-based services. Through guided scenarios, attendees will… Show more

Monetizing Wearables: A Business Strategy Workshop

In this workshop, lead strategist Daniel Gomez Seidel will explore the unique innovation and entrepreneurship opportunities created by wearables. As wearable adoption accelerates these devices not only enable the creation of new services, new integration possibilities and new business models, but they disrupt the status quo for “established” platforms like smart phones and cloud-based services. Through guided scenarios, attendees will practice developing a business model canvas that helps them spot additional opportunities for monetization of their wearable strategy

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The Economy of Meaning:

Led a workshop on how to use empathy tools to design more meaningful, sustainable and successful social enterprises.The initiative was part of SPROUT: A series of events to bring together designers, changemakers, food-focused nonprofits, and social impact organizations.

The Road Ahead: Technology and Impact Design Thinking Workshop

Led airlines and other travel industry players to evaluate the impact of new technologies that could be utilised in-flight. Using customised toolkits and methodologies, the interactive workshop helped participants map out the pros and cons of hot new technology developments like virtual reality, wearable tech and the internet of things, encouraging them to practice outcome focused thinking and helping them invest in… Show more

The Road Ahead: Technology and Impact Design Thinking Workshop

Led airlines and other travel industry players to evaluate the impact of new technologies that could be utilised in-flight. Using customised toolkits and methodologies, the interactive workshop helped participants map out the pros and cons of hot new technology developments like virtual reality, wearable tech and the internet of things, encouraging them to practice outcome focused thinking and helping them invest in confidence in the next generation of technology, while minimising the potential pitfalls associated with implementation.

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Helped run the Experience Design Studio with Professors Nathan Shedroff (Design Strategy MBA Program Chair) and Alexander Baumgardt. (VP Global Design at D.light)

Co-taught a workshop to understand and utilize designing thinking tools as strategic means to create, sustain and grow social enterprises.

Invited to take part in the first national event dedicated to explore the relationships and synergies between art, education, corporate innovation, technology and culture

Guest speaker on the subject of cross-disciplinary design and its relationship to management consulting

2.5 hour lecture on the frontier use cases for design.