Category: Design Thinking

  • Design Thinking- an evolutionary process

    I had the opportunity to attend the intensive masters class course ‘Practical Design Thinking’ offered by Laurea University of Applied Sciences. The course was taught by the energetic guest professor, Katja Tschimmel from Portugal.  This blog provides insights about my learning during these days and my thoughts about the related material. Design thinking is described…

  • You just need to start!

    “You just need to start” (Kelley & Kelley 2014, 122). Seems easy, right? But in fact, I’ve found that the act of starting is actually one of the most difficult hurdles to get through when talking about how to practice creativity and design thinking. The challenge of taking that first step Ever since I was…

  • Bug list – design thinker’s first tool

    – Petti Jännäri, SID 2019 student I love lists. I have dozens on my phone: one for books I’ve red, the ones I’d like to read, places I’d like to visit, etc. And now I have a bug list, an idea that Ideo’s David and Tom Kelley presented in their book Creative Confidence (2013). It…

  • Design Thinking: how can visualization help companies innovate and develop

    New time requires new ways to manage, and design thinking can provide managers human-centeric tools to participate all stakeholders in finding opportunities. Visualizing divergent ideas for a holistic view Creating innovative solutions to business challenges requires companies to see the big picture: what players affect the market or industry outside of it through technical possibilities…

  • Is Design Thinking the right approach for every development project?

    Heljä FranssilaFirst-year SID student and comms professional The first three-day study phase focusing on the basics of Design Thinking left me inspired, yet somewhat confused. When going back home after our last day together, I could not help wondering if design thinking really is a method we can use for every development project. Under the…

  • Customer experience success with design thinking

    In our Laurea master study of Design thinking led by Professor Katja Tschimmel, we “Learnt by doing” basic principles of design thinking concept and used Mindshake Innovation Design Thinking Model called Evolution 6. Study of Design thinking model helped me to understand the importance of concepts like fluidity in idea generation and idea hitlist, prototyping…

  • The power of design thinking

    And why you should consider using it to innovate and solve business problems. Rashpal Bhati On the first weekend of September amidst the beginnings of Finnish Autumn, the SID class of 2019 gathered at Laurea’s Leppävaara campus for their first contact session in Design Thinking. As we listened to the energetic tutor Katja Tschimmel, we…

  • Innovation & Design Thinking Start with the Assessment of Now

    “Innovation and design thinking are considered as the principal source of differentiation and competitive advantage in the business world today. Thinking like a designer can transform the way you develop products, services, processes, and even strategy” – Tim Brown (2008).  Ironically, I never considered myself an innovative or creative person. Instead, my organized and systematic…

  • Design thinking – learning collaborative culture

    Design thinking has been hot topic worldwide since past 10 years, and it is being applied in many, if not all, industries throughout the world. The understanding of the role of a designer has evolved, and still it can be seen as a hero who connects the development and marketing of a product or a…

  • From Chaos to Clarity: This is Design Thinking

    “Design thinking is a human centered, creative, iterative and practical approach for coming up with new ideas and solutions” (Brown, 2008). The approach can seem chaotic at first as the process doesn’t follow a linear path. The above picture by Tim Brennan of Apple’s Creative Services illustrates this well (Liedtka and Ogilvie, 2011). The Different…