SAP are one of the first corporates to embrace the design thinking methodology and as such have a lot of knowledge and examples to share. Start with this great in depth "Introduction to Design Thinking" by Gerd Waloszek and then move onto these:
This is a great article about how to approach measuring your outcomes. Yes, it is about customer experience, but it is a clear demonstration of how to think about measuring design intangibles and how to frame them in the context of a business driven environment to have meaning for your stakeholders.
Open Design Africa operates as a Social Impact company working on problems in small communities in Cape town using design thinking to understand the real issues that need to be addressed. An interesting podcast with Suné Stassen, leader of the group. Her insights working with Design Thinking in disadvantaged communities are insightful.
Mirko Azis speaks to the basics of IBM Design Thinking in this 10 minute video. The Key’s to IBM Design Thinking. Mirko presents the process in clear examples that will give you a good understanding of how IBM have customized the Design Thinking process.
The Stanford d.school's Design Thinking Workshop is a powerful tool for developing innovative solutions to complex problems. The workshop combines empathy, creativity, and critical thinking to develop unique and effective solutions to a wide range of problems.
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) has been working with agencies to identify and share best practices to promote innovation and make government work better and cost less. One such practice is Human-Centered Design (HCD), a methodology that puts the unmet needs of people at the center of efforts to develop new and improved products, services and processes.
The way we are educating students is not the way that they will have to work to succeed in the world. When last did you see students working together in teams and collaborating on problem solving? Education is an individual pursuit in a world that needs team thinking and collaborative skills.
Too often, we hear students say they want to leave West Virginia because there are limited opportunities and few things to do. Simulated Workplace Entrepreneurship Education Pathway (SWEEP) turns that notion on its head and empowers students to generate and create those opportunities
Design thinking has become a popular method among journalists who are interested in boosting creativity and better engaging their audiences. Stanford University’s d.school offers a five-step process to kick start design thinking that you can use in your newsrooms.
There are numerous success stories that we know nowadays about the application of design thinking in the health field. Some we have already mentioned and others mentioned below, however, we want to emphasize how much of the success stories that exist are from outside our country (Spain).