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Darry Strickland

CO-FOUNDER OF DESIGN FOR EMERGENCE

Designer + Servant Leader + Radical Collaborator

@ d.school at Stanford and IDEO

ResolvED, Founder

I am a leader, designer, and strategist. 

When I am in “the pocket,” there is deep listening and honoring of perspectives in designing and strategizing ways to seed and spread change - and light. My goal is to be tender with people and ungraciously disruptive to systems that oppress and hinder BIPOC’s liberation. 

I am an empathic leader who designs and hosts spaces where people activate joy and learning. I catalyze radical collaboration in the service of liberation. 

My leadership is like Bob Moses because I seek participatory methods to seed and spread radical change, one community at a time. (Also, the image of a brilliant and humble man wearing overalls as he walks door-to-door registering voters speaks to another value I want to embody: courage, leonine,.)

My background is in school reform. My career has run the gamut: from Teach For America as an elementary teacher to New Leaders for New Schools as a high school assistant principal. I have worked as a coach, curriculum writer, and trainer for the last several years with the TG x SR at IDEO and the d.school at Stanford.

Right now, I am hyped about learning more about self-organizing teams and collaborative decision-making. I am also seriously hyped on Taylor Johnson’s poem “Rigorous Listening'' since I think rigorous listening is the key to being a great designer.