by Alec Wagner | May 19, 2020 | Blog
There are a few mantras that many of us have heard before that characterize Silicon Valley’s startup culture: “Go fast and break things,” “profit at any cost,” and one of my favorites, “ask for forgiveness instead of asking for permission.” I don’t think there is...
by Alec Wagner | May 15, 2020 | Blog, Thought Leaders
Last week’s Manaful Insight was about how using love more in your user research process might improve the insights you gain and ultimately, the quality of your product. Sticking to the theme of love, we thought we would share about the concepts and differences between...
by Alec Wagner | May 15, 2020 | Blog, Thought Leaders
Last Tuesday, a couple members of the Purple Maiʻa team and I attended a Zoom conversation with Auntie Puanani Burgess and Maya Soetoro-Ng about building a “Beloved Community,” which Auntie Pua describes as one that you want to be a part of, one that you feel invited...
by Alec Wagner | May 15, 2020 | Blog
When I first got the email from Alec Wagner three months ago that I would possibly be a fellow, everything felt relatively normal and life didn’t feel like it was going to change. That day, I remember going to summer school then coming home to do homework, following...
by Alec Wagner | May 15, 2020 | Blog, Thought Leaders
Purple Prize documentarian, Kalei Akau shares part two of her reflections from the 2019 Purple Prize . Please read part one, “Piko ʻAumakua: Building Empathy & Forging Roots” first. Piko ʻiewe ʻIewe translates to afterbirth, or the placenta; it also refers to...
