
Authors

Ms Annette Diefenthaler
Portfolio Director, Education, IDEO
Annette Diefenthaler is a long-term practitioner of design thinking, co-authored IDEO’s Design Thinking For Educators Toolkit, and has since engaged in helping design thinking spread across the sector.

Ms Sandy Speicher
Partner and Managing Director, Education, IDEO
Sandy Speicher has pioneered bringing design to the education field — formerly an educator herself, she founded the Education practice at global design and innovation firm IDEO, and has created a portfolio of design solutions that bring effective and meaningful experiences for today’s learners and teachers.

Dr. Laura Moorhead
Assistant Professor, San Francisco State University’s Journalism Department
Laura Moorhead holds a Ph.D. from Stanford University’s Learning Sciences & Technology Design program.

Ms Deirdre Cerminaro
Systems Design Lead, Education, IDEO
Deirdre Cerminaro has lead and contributed to many key projects that bring design thinking to education.

Ms Charla Bear
Senior Design Researcher & Journalist, Education, IDEO
Charla Bear is an award-winning journalist and design researcher, focused on translating insights from research into actionable ideas.
This report has been reviewed by:
- Dr. Gavin Melles, Senior Lecturer, Swinburne University of Technology
- Dr. Joyce Koh Hwee Ling, Associate Professor, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University