YEARS

Bobby Hughes

Design Strategist | Facilitator | Learning Programs

ex-IDEO,

ex-Kaiser Permanente

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I'm a strategic human-centered designer | facilitator | educator. I love helping people and teams learn, grow, and work more effectively together. I design custom learning experiences, facilitate group events, and lead insights & strategy work to inform new offerings. I'm excited about the future of work, high-performing teams, and applying my skills to sustainability and climate initiatives.

Bobby’s expertise

Explore Bobby's key skills, specialized expertise, and industry preferences below.

Skills

Facilitation

Design Research

Design Strategy

Workshop Design

Team Building

Expertise

Strategy & Business Design

Service Design

Learning & Organization Design

UX/UI/IxD

Industry experience

Design

Education

Food & Beverage

Fashion & Apparel

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PASSIONS

Areas I'm passionate about

As creative leaders with a shared commitment to quality, collaboration, and creativity, we're proud to pursue out most meaningful work and deliver the best every time.

MAIN PASSION

❤️‍🩹 Good Health & Well-being

The world is a better place when people are healthy and leading balanced lives. In addition to projects focused specifically on health and well-being, I ensure health and well-being have a place in all of my work.

🗣️ Learning Ecosystems

♻️ Circular Economy

Offerings

Design Strategy & Innovation

| Design Research & Strategy | Spreading & Scaling Human-centered design | Facilitation, Training, and Workshops related to innovation, teamwork, connection, collaboration & creativity. | More info at www.aardvarkdesignlabs.com

Design Research

Facilitation

Experience Design

Learning Experiences

Team Building

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Bobby in action

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Projects

Developing Design Leaders

🗣️Learning Ecosystems

Learning Experiences

L&D

Design Thinking

A global design firm was looking for a fun and engaging way to help employees connect and strengthen their creativity and collaboration skills. I ran an immersive learning program focused on play and innovation as part of their design week celebration.

Projects

Developing a Culture of Innovation

🗣️Learning Ecosystems

Learning Experiences

+2 more

A global insurance company hired me to help them foster a culture of innovation among its leadership team. I crafted and led an experiential learning program that helped employees understand the innovation process and its corresponding business value.

Consulting & Advising

Cleaning Up Puget Sound

💧Clean Water and Irrigation

🌱Climate Change

+3 more

The Nature Conservancy hired me to help design a stormwater mapping tool to help leaders prioritize resource allocation for new infrastructure projects. I mentored an internal team to take a human-centered approach to this challenge, led design research, and crafted design principles.

Projects

Human-Centered Design Learning Program

🗣️Learning Ecosystems

Learning Experiences

+2 more

A Fortune 500 global fashion brand hired me to help spread human-centered design tools & methods to its rapidly growing workforce of 20,000+. I created a custom program that fit brand values and organizational culture and continues to be regarded as the ‘best and most engaging training we deliver'.

Consulting & Advising

Cognitive Caregiver Support

❤️‍🩹Good Health & Well-being

Design Research

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Kaiser Permanente hired me to discover ways to support caregivers of patients experiencing cognitive impairment. I led a team through design research to discover insights, explore possibilities, and co-design promising caregiver tools that have raised the bar for holistic healthcare.

I believe in Neol

A member of the Neol Creative Leaders community

I'm honored to be part of this amazing collection of expertise, experience, and knowledge. Together we have the potential to change the world for good. I can't wait to make a positive impact.

Bobby Hughes

Design Strategist | Facilitator | Learning Programs