“Two heads are better than one.” — John Heywood The organizations that Thomas Lockwood and I researched were not bound by the limitations of their structure or the defined roles people find themselves in….
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CREATING A CHANGE IN MINDSET – THE HUNGER PROJECT
In our book, Innovation by Design, Thomas Lockwood and I identified 10 attributes that give remarkable power to the human-centered aspects of design thinking organizations. Curious confrontation, that is, facing differing ideas and mindsets with…
DESIGN THINKING AS A CONFRONTATION TOOL
One of the culture keys, and a cornerstone to how people interpret culture, is how disagreement and team conflict are managed. It has a great deal to do with how people feel safe in a…
WHAT IS DESIGN THINKING
“Design thinking is a human-centered innovation process that emphasizes observation, collaboration, fast learning, visualization, and rough prototyping. The objective is to solve not only the stated problem at hand, but the real problems behind the…
DESIGNING CULTURE
Transforming or designing culture requires changing individual and collective behavior. One of the greatest values to be gained from design thinking is the impact it can have on the culture of an organization and how…
STRUGGLING WITH INNOVATION
Throughout the history of business, we have found ourselves trying to figure out how to maximize our human potential. Meaningful innovation is the most important issue that organizations continue to grapple and struggle with. As mentioned…
INNOVATION IS WHAT WE DO BEST
“Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand.” —Albert Einstein…