Civic Design + Innovation Ops + System Design with Ryann Hoffman — DT101 E62

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ryann Hoffman is a system designer and design leader specializing in design and complex systems and working with organizations to develop capacity in design thinking and innovation operations.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <p><strong>Show Summary</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ryann’s path into design came from an early love of music, playing classical piano, and music composition. She did freelance design projects for teachers while in high school. By the time she went to college, she had strong design and communication skills, and had learned the power of storytelling. Ryann started out with plans for a degree in English, but switched to Sociology and fell in love with it from her very first introductory course.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">After undergrad, she spent several years working in various fields, including nonprofits and a music tech startup, where she brought her digital communications and design skills to bear on projects like promotional videos, visual design for reports and collaterals, and systems design for music distribution.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">While in grad school for Public Administration, she took a class called “Coping with Wicked Problems,” where she was introduced to design thinking. After graduation, she moved to Washington, D.C. became a member of Design Thinking DC, and started what would become her career in systems design, leading to her civic design work today with cities across America and international organizations like The World Bank and the Government of Madagascar.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Listen in to learn about:</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">      Design Thinking D.C.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">      System design at the municipal and federal level</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">      Advice for launching a new design team</span></p> <p><span sty