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Maria Stashenko
Founder of Design Thinking Center educational and research platform
Maria Stashenko is a prominent figure in the field of design thinking, currently serving as the Director at the Design Thinking Center, Asia, and co-founder of Wonderfull Laboratory. With over seventeen years of experience, she has successfully completed more than 500 projects for major global companies such as SAP, Novartis, BASF, Adobe, and IBM. Her expertise lies in design thinking and human-centered design, which she applies to help organizations navigate digital transformation and service development.13
Stashenko is also recognized as a Harvard Business Review author and speaker, contributing to the discourse on design thinking through various platforms. She serves as the scientific editor for Russian editions of books on this subject and is an academic member of the Design Management Institute in the USA since 2005.23 Her educational background includes studies at HS Anhalt in Germany and Staffordshire University in the UK.1
In her role at the Design Thinking Center, Stashenko has been involved in innovative initiatives such as "Playing the Future: A Trend Watching Game," which is designed to generate ideas based on emerging global trends.1
