Tag: tools
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Unleashing your creativity – find your inner child
The myth about creativity The common misconception about creativity is that only some people are (or can be) creative. This is a myth and simply not true; everybody can be creative. Look at children! They have endless creativity and fun, why don’t we as adults? So, the question is, how do we get it back? As…
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Aligning strategic foresight in large organizations – Workshop at SDGC
During the Service Design Global Conference (SDGC) arranged in October, a workshop was held around facilitating future visions in large organizations.
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Free Design Thinking Models to Help You in Your Project
by Miikka Paakkinen Design in a business context looks to answer two questions: what problems are your customers facing, and how might we solve those problems while providing the best possible experience? Design thinking models can help you in your quest for the answers. Along the way, they might also assist you in asking better…
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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…
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How to be a good designer
You need to have the right mindset Nigel Cross, Emeritus Professor of Design Studies in the UK describes in his book Design Thinking (2011) successful designers as optimists and opportunists, who are exploring uncertainty hopefully and dedicated to the tasks in hand. Unlike engineers who want to test, measure and prove something, designers cope with…
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Service Design meets Futures thinking # 3
A research based series of posts discussing the statement “Futures Research supports the Service Design process in multiple ways and throughout the whole process” by Minna Koskelo and Anu K. Nousiainen. Part #3: The Process Perspective Our two previous blog entries have been summarizing the purpose of our study and the main findings including the…
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Service Design meets Futures Thinking – IN ACTION
Before our 2nd blog post for the series of Service Design meets Futures Thinking, we have a special news for you ! The first test environment for combining Futures Thinking with Design Thinking takes place in Helsinki in two weeks ! This is an invitation to all design thinkers, futures thinkers, strategic minds and innovative…
