Design problems are complex – thus delivering solutions for those problems can also be complex. Design thinking helps remove organizational silos and thus drives a culture of collaboration and experimentation.
Design Thinking helps businesses to create user-centric products and services by discovering insights into user needs, applying these insights to their business model and generating innovative ideas.
In this five-part series, Sarah Dickins gives advice on how Design Thinking techniques can help you to orientate your product development around user need.
Design thinking helped The Guardian newspaper and publishing group change their funding model, boost revenue and adapt their culture and engage on an emotional level with their readers. In this case study, Alex Breuer, Executive Creative Director and Tara Herman, Executive Editor, Design explain how design thinking was able to achieve these goals for The Guardian.
How the Lummi Tribal clinic used design to address opioid overdoses
PDT is thrilled to announce our first in-person event since 2020!
Join us for lively conversation, networking, and real, live, face-to-face time with your fellow Design Thinkers!
Food and beverage provided. Please RSVP and also let us know if your plans change, so we can plan accordingly.
Extra special thanks to Fresh Consulting, Concrete, and Curiate for making this event possible!
21st Century Learning and Innovation Skills are the skills that will be essential for students to possess to thrive in the increasingly complex life and work environments in the 21st century. These include:
• Creativity and Innovation
• Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
• Communication
• Collaboration
Portland Design Thinkers hope to enrich and complement the design thinking community, in the Pacific Northwest and beyond, through knowledge sharing, outreach and partnership.
Portland Design Thinkers are devoted to teaching and exploring topics related to design thinking and creative problem solving for both individuals and entire organizations.
Portland Design Thinkers hope to enrich and complement the design thinking community, in the Pacific Northwest and beyond, through knowledge sharing, outreach and partnership.
After a sudden wrenching change to remote-only research and 2 years of sanding down the painful burrs, we've all learned a few things. It's time to think again about where in-person research is superior but also where our research practice should lean permanently to the remote side of the boat after the pandemic is over.