Spring PD Week Featured Sessions with Sebastian Kernbach, Ph.d.

Spring 2022 Professional Development Week

3 Featured Sessions with Sebastian Kernbach, PhD

Dr. Kernbach portraitSebastian Kernbach, Ph.d., is a lecturer, project manager, and researcher at the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland and a Visiting Fellow at Stanford University. He is a Guest Professor at the African Doctoral Academy and the Central University of Beijing. He has worked with and consulted organizations such as Art Basel, Interbrand, Xerox, Swiss Re, the European Central Bank and others. His interests are knowledge visualization, storytelling, creativity and life design. He founded the Visual Collaboration Lab and the Life Design Lab and is co-author of the award-winning book Meet up!

Smart Ways to Overcome Procrastination: The science of action
Tuesday, May 10
9 to 11 a.m.
Hybrid Blend – C-225 and Zoom
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In this workshop, participants will be equipped with 7 key strategies to better overcome their blocks and turn their thoughts and ideas into action. In line with the theme “what gets in the way, becomes the way”, participants will identify and better understand what blocks them and what creates resistance.

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Creativity in Research and Training
Tuesday, May 10
1 to 3 p.m.
Hybrid Blend – C-225 and Zoom
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In this science-based and hands-on workshop, participants will learn how to turn their thoughts and ideas systematically into visuals using the insights from knowledge visualization and visual thinking.

This allows everyone to “see” their current thinking, creating opportunities for new connections and insights. Participants will learn when they have their creativity prime-time every day and be smarter in managing their energy overall and not only their time. Participants will also learn effective tools to manage creative collaboration.

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Design Your Future
Wednesday, May 11
11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Hybrid Blend – C-225 and Zoom
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In this workshop, participants will use a combination of the innovation method design thinking, positive psychology, and latest insights from behavioral economics to pro-actively design a future they look forward to. Based on science and with a hands-on approach, we will design the future in small ways, such as healthy habits and routines, and also in bigger ways by crafting a portfolio of occupations including career, side-projects, hobbies and other sources of happiness and well-being.

Learn more on the Spring 2022 PD website Sessions Page.