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Hi. My name's Stuart Palmer. 
I live in Sydney, Australia,

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and I've been doing the IxDF courses for about 12 months now.

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I was looking to pivot my career into a tech startup,

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and I started to Google some job ads,

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and I saw one that recommended an 
exposure to design thinking would be really good.

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With some further searching, I found IxDF, 
decided to sign up,

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and I've been extremely pleased with the courses that I've done.

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And I've done the executive stream – so far completed six courses.

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And, in particular, the thing that I've learnt more than anything else

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is how to make tech projects successful.

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Over the years, I've done a number 
of projects; some have been really good,

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and some hadn't gone so well, and I didn't really know the reason why.

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I was thinking particularly of a project I did a few years ago where we got very low penetration.

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And, having done some of the courses now, I realize why that was;

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it was because we never consulted the users during the project.

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So, if you're looking to pivot your 
career – as I did –

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into something new or you just simply want to build up your skills in design thinking,

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I can really recommend IxDF to you.