Rituals for Work

Authors

Kürşat Özenç, Ph.D.

Strategic Design Consultant, SAP Labs, Lecturer at Stanford University d.school

Kürşat Özenç is a designer and an innovation consultant. He creates tools and services for experts and everyday people. He leads the Ritual Design Lab initiative at Stanford d.school, where he runs experiments with students and partner organizations on personal, team and human-robot rituals. He also teaches service design at the d.school.

His work on rituals has appeared in Atlantic Magazine and on the Canadian Public Radio. He holds degrees from Carnegie Mellon University, Sabanci University, and Middle East Technical University. He's originally from the Cappadocia region, Turkey.

Margaret Hagan, Ph.D.

Director of Legal Design Lab, Stanford University Law School, Lecturer at d.school

Margaret Hagan is a lawyer and a designer. She teaches at Stanford Law School and d.school, where she runs the Legal Design Lab, that does research and development for improving people's access to the justice system.

She holds degrees from the University of Chicago, Stanford University, Queen's University Belfast, and Central European University. Along with her studies, she is also an avid drawer. She is originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.