A decade ago, Sal Khan envisioned using technology to tailor education to individual and community needs.
Dave Evans, co-founder of the Life Design Lab at the Stanford d.school, summarizes how the steps of the design-thinking process can be applied to the unique and messy problems in life, starting with “step zero,” which is accepting the problem exists. Evans co-authored the 2016 bestseller “Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life” with Bill Burnett, also co-founder of the Stanford Life Design Lab.