Tackling the Opioid Crisis at the Human and Systems Levels
How the Lummi Tribal clinic used design to address opioid overdoses
The Double Diamond Design Thinking Methodology
Understanding what has been missed in translation.
Method design experimentation can be wonderful and what we find often missing from this particular exploration is any kind of meaningful historical context. To coin a popular knowledge management community phrase; it seems that often the Double Diamond experimenters do not know what they don’t know in terms of methods history.
Applying Design Thinking Internally
Applying Design Thinking internally, within a group, community or to ourselves. This is a new application of the Design Thinking Methodology.
The Science Behind Creativity
What, exactly, is creativity?
Psychologists and neuroscientists are uncovering new details about what it means to be creative and how to nurture that skill. “Creativity is of incredible real-world value,” said John Kounios, PhD, an experimental psychologist who studies creativity and insight at Drexel University in Philadelphia.
Design Thinking Methodology and Examples
Design thinking methodology and examples is an article published specifically for university students. Why specifically? Because its goal is to try to debunk some of the hype around Design Thinking and to add some critical discussion to the millions of published articles you'll find on the internet.
I am sure that you have spent time searching for design thinking methodology and examples on the web.
What did you find?
How Netflix Uses Design Thinking to Reinvent Itself Over and Over
Netflix Design Thinking? You bet! Within the past decade, there isn’t a better example of a business that has pivoted on the basis of customer preferences, wants and needs than Netflix. And there’s no better example of a business that didn’t, than Netflix competitor Blockbuster.
A Human Centered Approach to Innovation in Education
Talk to any educator, parent, or policy maker and you will inevitably hear about the many problems that exist in education. It’s not for lack of trying—millions of people are working across the country to find new solutions for our schools. And yet we’re struggling to find new answers that make a real
difference.
On Design Thinking
Design Thinking is dead — so the majority of my peers claim — yet there it is, smeared all over LinkedIn, peeking out from job descriptions and lurking in resumés. It crops up in conversations, sneaks into pitches and elbows its way into briefs. It graces the covers of the magazines which languish in shabby wire racks in my local supermarket.
Accelerating Collaborative Innovation at a King County Metro
A recent reorganization at King County Metro had resulted in a new market innovation division, charged with expanding network reach and transportation options through employer partnerships, direct community engagement, and increased mobility and accessibility offerings.
10 Design Thinking Tools: Turn Creativity and Data into Action
10 Design Thinking Tools describes tools that managers can use to identify and execute opportunities for growth and innovation. Discussed in this article are tools such as: visualization, journey mapping, value chain analysis, mind mapping, rapid concept development, assumption testing, rapid prototyping, customer co-creation, learning launches and storytelling.