Though some have said we've moved past design thinking, its most exciting extensions move beyond the concept in its most narrow sense. Many wouldn't even be projects you'd expect from the IDEOs and Jump Associates of the world.READ»
Somewhere in between the work we're paid to do and the work we want to do lies what Riley Gibson calls a "creative surplus." People have a need to explore, make, photograph, draw, and collaborate on ideas that are important to them, ...READ»
As cinema goes, watching designers talk about their work is boring enough. But watching designers talk about how they think? Suffice it to say, it’s no Die Hard. Nevertheless, a handful of filmmakers wants to mount a documentary on ...READ»
Before we announce the death of Design Thinking, we ought to at least agree on what it meant -- or rather, what it means, since, although maligned, the practice is alive and well and continues to help churn out innovative solutions to ...READ»
Rumors of the failure of design thinking appear to have been somewhat overblown. At the recent Design Research conference in Seattle, the consensus reportedly held that whether or not you like the term, design thinking is here to ...READ»
Ebay's scrappy startup days are years behind it, and like any other billion-dollar company it faces distinct challenges that stem from being ginormous: How can it launch new products that don't get nibbled into oblivion by ...READ»
I never thought, ever since I expressed my unique childhood wish to become a veterinarian, that design would ever figure on my list of things to do.
Stories are told primarily by the things we surround ourselves with.Then again, ...READ»
Bruce Nussbaum was right to close the book on Design Thinking. It is time to move on. Business never really got the message. What businesses continue to care about is innovation. While designers may think that innovation requires ...READ»
The decade of Design Thinking is ending and I, for one, am moving on to another conceptual framework: Creative Intelligence, or CQ. I am writing a book about Creative Intelligence, due out from HarperCollins in fall 2012, and I ...READ»
1959 was a time of change. Disney released their seminal film Sleeping Beauty, Fidel Castro became the prime minister of Cuba, and President Dwight D. Eisenhower made Hawaii an official state. That same year, a British industry ...READ»
[This is a follow-up to Helen's previous article on design thinking, The Seven Deadly Sins That Choke Out Innovation — Ed.]
Recently, Kevin McCullagh of British product strategy consultancy, Plan organized a two-day event for ...READ»
Gary Horndeski meant to become an electrical engineer when a quirky turn of events redirected him to medicine. Some 40 years later, he’s using his engineering training to overhaul two increasingly popular surgical techniques.
The ...READ»
In most companies, there's a profound tension between the right-brainers (for lack of a better term) espousing design, design thinking and user-centered approaches to innovation and the left-brained, more spreadsheet-minded among us. ...READ»
Recently, I gave a speech at the RGD Design Thinkers event here in Toronto. For a first-ever keynote, I think it went ok, though I probably relied on reading out my notes too much. But given that I used this forum to tell designers ...READ»
If you’re a business or an NGO with an operation in Asia or Latin America, where do you go when you want some serious local design thinking? You might start by calling my colleague and friend Carlos Teixeira, a Brazilian-born ...READ»
Last week, we saw how the Stanford d.school's new building was designed for innovation. This week, how the school converted into a trade show to give students an opportunity to showcase--and sell--their ideas.READ»
The wonderful work-life world of designer/inventor Steven M. Johnson. From his days at Honda, to his musings on office life, we look at a career of daydream creation.READ»
