### About this interview
Andrea Small is a design strategist, educator, and writer. She studied architecture and metalsmithing and has a Masters degree in Human Centered Product Design. Andrea is currently Creative Lead at Samsung Research America on their R&D Innovation Team in Mountain View, CA.

### List of skills discussed
- Being creative in the face of challenges
- Implementing design thinking
- Maintaining an open mind
- Navigating Ambiguity
- Problem solving
- Taking risks
- Thinking laterally

### Tips for improving ambiguity-navigation skills
- Do things to build curiosity in low-risk ways like going down an unfamiliar isle at the grocery store
- Crumple a piece of paper or draw squiggles on a page and ask yourself what you can make from it
- Draw a hundred circles and make them into a hundred different things
- Pause daily and practice exploring the five balances
 1. Perspective: look in / look out
 2. Pace: speed up / slow down
 3. Focus / unfocus
 4. Follow the course / create your own path
 5. Scale: Zoom in / zoom out

### Links
1. http://www.andreasmall.com/
2. Twitter: @dresmall
3. Navigating Ambiguity: Creating Opportunity in a World of Unknowns (https://www.porchlightbooks.com/product/navigating-ambiguity-creating-opportunity-in-a-world-of-unknowns--andrea-small?variationCode=9781984857965)