Tag: design thinking

  • Why design thinking will not save your business

    Design thinking is a multi-dimensional term, that today is used very freely when talking about business development. A decade ago nobody in business had even heard of this weird lovechild of design and strategic, out-of-the-box thinking, but now it’s everywhere: in strategy papers, business periodicals, blogs and even politics. Design thinking is seen as the…

  • What is design thinking and why is it important to your business?

      Design thinking is a creative problem solving and innovation process that makes change possible. Instead of FOR users, this human centered approach designs services and products WITH users. The systematic process of using design thinking tools for innovation creates competitive advantage –  a good reason to every business manager to adopt it to their…

  • How to make use of the value of design in your organization?

    In the first workshop in SID’s design thinking course, all the students had a positive and adaptive attitude to learning the design thinking method. This may not be the case in your workplace. Especially old production company workers that are not used to use service design may have a lot of perceptions towards new ways…

  • I’m Developer, I’m not Creative?

    I have always thought that since I’m ex-developer, I’m not creative. Developers only need to follow programming logic and mathematics rules to develop from business requirements. Then I found myself from Katja Tschimmel’s course on Design Thinking at Laurea and very quickly realized that I need to be very creative for next two days. We…

  • Design thinking: Innovation with creativity and confidence

    Getting back to studies after a decade was like, having butterfly effect and feeling equally anxious and excited! Moving ahead with hopes and believes, that this course in Service Design and Innovation will be a serious learning curve for current and future growth in my career path. We jumped into the course of Design Thinking…

  • What on Earth is Design Thinking???

    Although I had previously read a few books on Design Thinking as well as participated in a Service Design course organized by Aalto PRO, I still learned so many new, exciting things at Katja Tschimmel’s course on Design Thinking at Laurea. And that learning of new aspects to Design Thinking is also what inspired the…

  • Becoming a Design Thinker

    Nearly two decades ago I completed my Master’s Degree in Business. My work history is in consumer marketing and brand management. In the marketing, thinking “outside the box” has been a common way of working. Now, as a new Service Design student at Laurea, I am learning to become a “Design Thinker”. Design Thinking is…

  • Modern Practical tools of Design Thinking

    Last weekend I have participated in Design thinking course which motivates me to share my thoughts about my learning in this course and related material. Design acts as the facilitator for innovation processes but during last decade design thinking(DT) gains great appreciation from research communities but also from all organizational sectors of the world. Many…

  • Design Thinking has made me realise there is definitely a conspiracy going on

    I went in to learn about Design Thinking… but left having realised I was involved in a massive social experiment! It all started innocently enough. It was a rainy autumn day, in southern Finland. We were told this would be a design thinking workshop. That’s right, Design Thinking. Nothing more, nothing less. But what happened on those…

  •   A story about Swiss Mountains, Children and the Need for Design Thinking in Education I would like to tell you a story about my younger son. He just turned five years old a week ago and has an older broder who will turn seven at the end of this month. From time to time…