Design Thinking for Educators

Welcome to our educators page. We hope that we can support you on your journey to discover and use Design Thinking to help the next generation to become more confident in using creativity to solve problems.

Why is Design Thinking important for students?

Designing for Sustainability

After a few interviews, a surprising topic continued to surface: service design in its purest form is a sustainability method. It caused us to pause and reflect on how we work. In this post, which marks our first part in a sustainability series, we will share what parts of the practice reflect the hallmarks of sustainable design.

Placing Humans at the Center of Capital One

Capital One’s CEO felt a sense of urgency that all of his employees be trained on the fundamentals of human centered-design. But how might one introduce Human Centered Design to one of the largest retail banks in the USA?

The Role of Design Thinking for Financial Institutions

Design Thinking has found many applications in the finance sector within financial institutions. It should not come as a surprise as financial institutions, like any other businesses, have to focus on the customer and their needs in order to succeed.

The Rapid Prototyping Stage

prototyping is an incredibly effective way to make ideas tangible, to learn through making, and to quickly get key feedback from the people you’re designing for. Rapid testing with real users can help you identify concepts that have potential for impact and spot ways to improve on early ideas. Prototyping isn’t about being precious. 

IDEO: Using Design Thinking to Create a Better Car

 

THE CHALLENGE

Remove roadblocks that can compromise the in-car experience for the Lincoln car company.

IMPACT

The final product, the Lincoln MKC luxury crossover, is credited with helping the Lincoln brand outpace growth in the luxury segment by more than two-to-one over competitors.

Walmart Offers Employees Design Thinking Courses

Walmart announced June 10 an expansion of its Live Better U education benefits program to include new programs that will help their learners adapt to the new world of work and any challenges they’ve faced as a result of the current state of the economy.

Design Thinking 101

Design thinking is a human-centered approach to problem-solving that emphasizes empathy, experimentation, and creativity. It is a process that can be used to solve a wide range of problems, from developing new products to improving organizational processes.

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