Tag: business
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Setting the stage for creative freedom
By Heidi Aho, Shahida Parvin, & Eduardo Solorzano Tejeda. Design Thinking (DT) and Innovation require a lot of creativity. Creativity is often described as a spark of inspiration, but it is far more complex and deeply human. It happens at the intersection of emotions, environments, and culture. To truly nurture creativity, we need to look…
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Wicked Design – The value added by Design Thinking from an economic context , and into times of crisis.
by Andre Vicentini and Juliet Leal-Ruokonen In our course Design Thinking we understood the wide range context meaning of design that is becoming increasingly relevant in innovation management (Mauroner and Warnke 2020, p. 924) as compared to the business’ traditional understanding of design that is only applied to creation and development of products and services,…
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Daily work hacks with Design Thinking
Written by Linda Neiglick and Anamika Firoz You do not have to be a designer to strengthen innovation at your workplace. In fact, some of the best ideas come from people who look at problems differently. We gathered a few ideas and research-based methods that you can start using right away if you wish to…
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Designing with Empathy: Turning Small Crises into Meaningful Solutions
In our Design Thinking masterclass with Katja Tschimmel, we explored how empathy can transform crises, big or small, into into human-centred solutions.
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Design Thinking – A Catalyst for Innovation
Gayatri Mishra and Laura-Augustina Avram These are some questions that were addressed at the workshop on Design Thinking (DT) held by Katja Tschimmel. The class was introduced to design, DT and creativity to help build a design centric mindset. Then we learned how to apply this knowledge and transform insights and ideas into actionable statements…
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Why, why, why Design Thinking?
“It’s not ‘us versus them’ or even ‘us on behalf of them.’ For a design thinker it has to be ‘us with them’”. –Tim Brown Reflections by Marita Ruotsalainen and Katja Räisänen The workshop days of Design Thinking with engaging pracademic Daniela Marzavan felt like looking at something familiar through a pair of new glasses…
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Everyone is creative, even you!
Written by Tero Kauppinen and Edrish Md Abdul This SID article integrates insights from two workshop days focused on practical Design Thinking and creative thinking, along with the book ‘Creative Confidence’ by Tom & David Kelley (2013), and two articles ‘Design Thinking’ by Tim Brown (2008), and ‘Design Thinking Comes of Age’ by Jon Kolko…
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Let us unlock new tools with Design Thinking
Reflections by Tuukka Savinainen & Showmen Rudra The themes of the days became noticeably clear during the teaching, and the understanding of why something grew during the teaching also increased. We went through the entire design thinking process in service design and experienced the power of activating thinking through various exercises. Design Thinking is a…
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Design Thinking Journey: From Head to Heart to Hand with a Skill Bag
Reflections by Judyta Kontoniemi and Namrata Sethi Design Thinking. Sounds simple, right? Just follow the classic 6-stage Design Thinking process, reserve a couple of hours, get a room with a whiteboard and brainstorm a solution. Without involving real end users. There is much more to it. Let’s find out what Design Thinking is really about.…
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Design thinking – There are no one-size-fits-all solutions
Reflection by Nikhil Agarwal, Heini Hutinen and Sahan Ganegama Design thinking has emerged as a dynamic, multifaceted approach to problem-solving, blending creativity, user-centered insights, and structured methodologies to foster innovation. Reflecting on the literature and discussions surrounding design thinking, several key insights arise, highlighting both the potential and complexities of this approach. A Shift from…
