Dawan Stanford, JD, PhD

Helping people create services and solutions by thinking and solving like a designer in workshops and courses.

[Dawan Stanford, JD, PhD @dawanstanford]

The US, EU and China aren't just regulating AI differently. They're regulating it from different assumptions about risk, ownership and control. One compliance program won't cover all three. That's not a future problem—it's a current one.
#AIGovernance #Compliance

[Dawan Stanford, JD, PhD @dawanstanford]

Oil at $105 and rising creates a contrarian insight: economic pressure doesn't slow AI adoption—it accelerates it.

[Dawan Stanford, JD, PhD @dawanstanford]

GTC kicks off at 2pm ET today. This is Nvidia's biggest play into enterprise agent infrastructure. It changes the pitch to clients and opens a design conversation about orchestration that most organizations haven't had yet.
#ai #leadership #organizationaldevelopment #mcp

[Dawan Stanford, JD, PhD @dawanstanford]

The middle tier of organizations is being eliminated by AI agents from both directions simultaneously, and the professionals who understand how to govern agents — not just deploy them. #ai #agents #organizationaldevelopment #design

[Dawan Stanford, JD, PhD @dawanstanford]

The irony of the most powerful AI models in history is that deploying them well looks less like engineering and more like applied philosophy. Rhetoric, ethics, organizational theory — the humanities aren't soft skills. They're the core competency now. #AI #Design #Humanities

[Dawan Stanford, JD, PhD @dawanstanford]

The real AI readiness question isn't purely technical. It's whether your org can express its norms, values, and strategy in agent-readable ways. That's a design challenge about professional identity, not an engineering problem. #AI #FrontierModels #DesignThinking #Humanities

[Dawan Stanford, JD, PhD @dawanstanford]

Want to impresses me, AI? Tune my front derailleur.

[Dawan Stanford, JD, PhD @dawanstanford]

Article I'm looking forward to reading: https://t.co/G9THyw6PUM

#designthinking #systemsthinking #innovation #learning

[Dawan Stanford, JD, PhD @dawanstanford]

Most online courses are endured, not enjoyed. That's a design problem. Georgetown LDT teaches you to solve it. Priority deadline Jan 15. https://t.co/5QOpR6nonA #LearningDesign #OnlineLearning #georgetown #edtech

[Dawan Stanford, JD, PhD @dawanstanford]

Three leadership habits that build innovation culture—backed by research:
📅 20×4×12: 20 min chats, 4x/month
🙏 Thank You × Infinity: Recognition boosts engagement
🛡️ Change + Shelter: Psychological safety fuels risk-taking
https://t.co/a89HcNdLEk

#leadership #innovation

[Dawan Stanford, JD, PhD @dawanstanford]

What happens when leaning designers lead evaluating, choosing, delivering, or avoiding AI implementations? Find out.
Join us at LDT and learn to lead designing learning exceptional learning.
#LearningDesign #HigherEd #Georgetown #HoyaSaxa https://t.co/t5XgwwyJlI

[Dawan Stanford, JD, PhD @dawanstanford]

I get to teach brilliant people how to redesign education. You could be one of them. Applications open for Georgetown's MA in Learning, Design & Technology. Apply by Jan 15 for priority. https://t.co/5QOpR6nonA
#LearningDesign #HigherEd #Georgetown #HoyaSaxa

[Dawan Stanford, JD, PhD @dawanstanford]

Zotero + MCP + Claude Desktop + Local LLM & ML Server
One of my summer coding projects. It helps me spend more time on research and less time on research ops.

#ai #edtech #learning #georgetown

[Dawan Stanford, JD, PhD @dawanstanford]

Happiness #764: Your son is home sick. You are listening to him read books and poetry to your father over the phone. Your father keeps asking for more so you can get some work done.

[Dawan Stanford, JD, PhD @dawanstanford]

Want to transform how people learn? The Georgetown LDT program blends human-centered design, learning science, and innovation skills. Priority deadline: Jan 15. https://t.co/5QOpR6nonA #LearningDesign #HigherE #Georgetown, #HoyaSaxa

[Dawan Stanford, JD, PhD @dawanstanford]

Anthropic: Example of AI Qualitative Research
https://t.co/SMAHg00hb6

[Dawan Stanford, JD, PhD @dawanstanford]

Weekend project: menu bar app making the local servers I've built a little more visible. The ML & LLM server is still be best tool I've added locally.

[Dawan Stanford, JD, PhD @dawanstanford]

Excited about teaching Human-Centered Design at #Georgetown University in the Learning, Design, and Technology program! I feel lucky to work with students, faculty, and staff dedicated to multidisciplinary learning and solving.
#GeorgetownLDT #InstructionalDesign #hcd #edtech

[Dawan Stanford, JD, PhD @dawanstanford]

Visualizing Code — my new code review best friend. Claude Code creates software architecture Mermaid diagrams --> Mermaid Diagrams tool in Miro creates an image of your diagrams on a board. You get quick views of your codebase.

#SoftwareArchitecture #DevTools #CodeReview #ai