Sarah’s Wonder Lab · Design thinking
A Wonder Lab on design thinking.
Human-centred design, creative practice and better questions.
Ideas from the Wonder Lab
What is a Chief Design Officer? And why does it matter in the age of AI?
A former Chief Design Officer explains why organisations need design leadership to make AI useful, trusted and genuinely human-centred.
I Asked AI to Analyse My Last Month. It Found a Woman Refusing to Become Smaller.
I asked AI to look across a month of work, family, ambition and unfinished threads. It did not find chaos. It found a woman learning to hold complexity without becoming smaller.
The Human Future.
The future is not only a technology question. Explore the human capabilities, relationships and systems we need to consciously design our place within it.
The Manus Hub: Where the Threads Become a Tapestry
Sarah Pirie-Nally helps leaders and teams build the mindset and toolset to design braver, more human change in the AI era.
I Have Aphantasia. I Ran Design at National Banks.
I found out at forty that I have aphantasia, no mental imagery at all. I also ran design at national banks. Both things are true. Here's what that taught me about creativity, AI, and the only thing that actually matters.
Design Your Authentic Self in an AI World
Why the future doesn't belong to people who use AI the most. It belongs to people who know themselves the best. The Traffic Light Model for designing your relationship with AI.
From Crazy Idea to Critical Infrastructure: Why the Future of Creativity May Depend on AI Attribution
As AI transforms how creative work is produced and consumed, attribution becomes more valuable than protection. Explore why the future of creativity may depend on preserving the connection between creators and their work.
The Slippery Slope from Vibe Coding to Hardcore Development
Why AI is fun and games... until it isn't. A practical framework for multihyphenates navigating the PDLC, design thinking, and AI boundaries.
Before Emojis, I Had to Invent My Own Visual Language
I have aphantasia, no mind's eye, no mental images. Here's how that shaped my career, my relationship with emojis, and why it's actually the reason I'm so good at working with AI.
You Don't Need 29 Agents. You Need One Good One.
Sarah Pirie-Nally helps leaders and teams build the mindset and toolset to design braver, more human change in the AI era.
I Have Aphantasia. And I Think Like AI.
What my brain taught me about the future of human intelligence, and why it might be a superpower.
The Leadership Toolkit That Still Works: Design Thinking, Appreciative Inquiry & the Wonder Mindset Method
A decade ago I built a Digital Leadership Toolkit drawing on design thinking, Agile, Six Sigma, and Appreciative Inquiry. In this masterclass I open that drawer, and what I found is more relevant now than when I created it.
What a Pearl Bracelet in Bali Taught Me About Paying for Coaches
I'm sitting in Bali right now, sun on my face, completely at peace with the world. And I want a pearl bracelet. Here's my completely honest, no-gatekeeping guide to what I've actually paid, and what I actually got.
How to Design Your Life Using AI (Without Losing the Plot)
Most of us spend more time planning a holiday than designing our actual lives. Here's how AI changes that, and the four pillars that make it possible.
Designing Your Life Like a CEO: The Family Operating System
You run your business with strategy, systems, and intention. Why are you running your family on autopilot? The Family OS changes that.