Design Thinking?

Design Thinking?
Introduction to a methodology and mindset
Nov 6th, Design Thinking Week Warsaw 2015, Centrum Zarządzania Innowacjami i Transferem Technologii Politechniki Warszawskiej
W A R S Z A W A
Politechnika Warszawska

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Solving wrong problems precisely
“How can we maximize the number of child patient
scans per day while reducing the cost of anesthetizing?”
Image Credit: By ISAF Headquarters Public Aﬀairs Oﬃce (originally posted to Flickr as 100410-F-7713A-002) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/
licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3APreoxygenation_before_anesthetic_induction.jpg

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Solving wrong problems precisely
“How can we maximize the number of child patient
scans per day while reducing the cost of anesthetizing?”
BEST PRACTICE
General anesthesia should be preferred
in preterm or small children as safety
and success are predictable.
For optimal performance trained,
experienced and certified personnel,
appropriate drugs for the individual patient
risk profile and sufficient monitoring
equipment are essential.
Anesthesia or sedation for MRI in
children. (2010), Schulte-Uentrop L1,
Goepfert MS.
Image Credit: By ISAF Headquarters Public Affairs Office (originally posted to Flickr as 100410-F-7713A-002) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/
licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3APreoxygenation_before_anesthetic_induction.jpg

Boundaries and scope of a problem?
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PROBLEM
SPACE

4Image Credit: © 2011 General Electric Company (http://www.gehealthcare.com/promo/advseries/adventure_series.html)
Seeing the world through new eyes

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Design as … Example
Problem Framing
Design redeﬁnes the challenges
facing the organization.
Umpqua Bank
Apple iPod/iPhone/iTunes-Ecosystem
DesigningOutCrime Sydney
Nintendo Wii
SAP HANA
Godrej chotuKool
Problem Solving
Design ﬁnds new opportunities
by solving existing problems.
The Transtrap
Kickstart Irrigation Pumps
Pangea Organics Packaging
Digital Rights Management
OXO Good Grips
Aquaduct Tricycle
Form, Feature & Function
Design makes things work
better than they did before.
Gillette Mach 3 Razor
Nokia Mobile Phones
Acer Computers
Hewlett Packard Devices
iPod + Wheel
Style
Design is the avenue
to being hip and cool.
Target
Microsoft Zune
Apple Product Identity
Media Markt Private Labels
No Conscious Design
Design has no perceived
value for the organization.
German Elster Tax Declaration Software
TV Remote Controls
Design Maturity Stages: Adapted from Steve Sato (former HP), Rosa Wu and Jess McMullin (Ambidextrous Magazin 2006-2)

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Design as … Example
Problem Framing
Design redeﬁnes the challenges
facing the organization.
Umpqua Bank
Apple iPod/iPhone/iTunes-Ecosystem
DesigningOutCrime Sydney
Nintendo Wii
SAP HANA
Godrej chotuKool
Problem Solving
Design ﬁnds new opportunities
by solving existing problems.
The Transtrap
Kickstart Irrigation Pumps
Pangea Organics Packaging
Digital Rights Management
OXO Good Grips
Aquaduct Tricycle
Form, Feature & Function
Design makes things work
better than they did before.
Gillette Mach 3 Razor
Nokia Mobile Phones
Acer Computers
Hewlett Packard Devices
iPod + Wheel
Style
Design is the avenue
to being hip and cool.
Target
Microsoft Zune
Apple Product Identity
Media Markt Private Labels
No Conscious Design
Design has no perceived
value for the organization.
German Elster Tax Declaration Software
TV Remote Controls
Design Maturity Stages: Adapted from Steve Sato (former HP), Rosa Wu and Jess McMullin (Ambidextrous Magazin 2006-2)
Competitive Advantage
Decades
Years
Quarters
Months
z

Expertise Empathy Explore ExecuteRe-Frame
SOLUTION SPACE EXPLORATION
OBSERVE IDEATE PROTOTYPE TESTPOINT
OF VIEW
UNDERSTAND
Talk to Experts
Research
Experience
Immerse
Observe
Engage
Share
Synthesize
Point of View
Brainstorm
Visualize
Prototype
Insight
Big Idea
Sticky Takeaway
PROBLEM SPACE EXPLORATION
The ‘process’

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OF VIEW
UNDERSTANDUNDERSTAND OBSERVE

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Image Credit: © MIT AgeLab, Age Gain Now Empathy System; Photos by Nathan Fried-Lipski
Experience what your user might experience …
Immerse. Observe. Engage.

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Image Credit: © IDEO 2009, www.ideo.com

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Image Credit: © IDEO 2009, www.ideo.com

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Be a ﬂy on the wall: The art of unobtrusive research …
Image Credit: © Klara Lindner for Mobisol GmbH Berlin

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ARTIFACTS
DOING
(behavior)
SEEING
THINKING (framing)
WHERE
WHEN
HEARING
INTERACTIONS
(services)
MESSAGES

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ARTIFACTS
DOING
(behavior)
SEEING
THINKING (framing)
WHERE
WHEN
HEARING
INTERACTIONS
(services)
Religion: Christian
MESSAGES

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ARTIFACTS
DOING
(behavior)
SEEING
THINKING (framing)
WHERE
WHEN
HEARING
INTERACTIONS
(services)
Religion: Christian
Workaround:
Beer Cover
MESSAGES

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ARTIFACTS
DOING
(behavior)
SEEING
THINKING (framing)
WHERE
WHEN
HEARING
INTERACTIONS
(services)
Religion: Christian
Workaround:
Beer Cover
Potential »Distribution Partner«
MESSAGES

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Enlightening conversations …

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Enlightening conversations …

Methods triangulation
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THE RIGHT
BALANCE?
What people experience.
TRY: Immersion
Participatory Design
What people do.
LOOK: Observations
Ethnography
What people say they do.
ASK: Engagement
Contextual Interviewing

MARKET RESEARCH INSIGHTS RESEARCH
“Can you prove that?” “No, not yet, but I can inspire you.”
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Image Credit: after Polaine, A., Løvlie, L., & Reason, B. (2013). Service design: from insight to implementation. (1st ed.). Rosenfeld Media.;
Lightbulb Icon → Idea designed by Björn Andersson from The Noun Project
100 People
10 Truths
10 People
100 Insights

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OF VIEW
UNDERSTAND POINT
OF VIEW

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Space serves as an important facilitator for design synthesis
War rooms

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Perspective 1 Perspective 2 Perspective 3
Capture structured data
Investment
Compatibility /
Influence
Time Horizon
Provider of Services
Investment
Compatibility /
Influence
Time Horizon
Group of Stakeholders
Investment
Compatibility /
Influence
Time Horizon
Supplier
Investment
Compatibility /
Influence
Time Horizon
Public Institution Actor

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Perspective 4 Perspective 5
Distill and explore it from a meta perspective

Personas Afﬁnity Diagramming
Cause-and-Effect- /
Flow Models
Journey Mapping Stakeholder Maps Storyboards
Physical Walk-Throughs Service Blueprints etc. ...
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A random selection of examples
Building »models of reality«

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Making sense out of a »mess of data«

24Image Credit: © 2011 General Electric Company (http://www.gehealthcare.com/promo/advseries/adventure_series.html)
User: Kids with cancer.
Need: Play and have fun. Feel like a normal child.
Insight: Kids participate in everything once they perceive it as an adventure.
“How might we turn MRI scans for children
(fearing »medical treatment«) into an adventure?”

25Image Credit: © Embrace (www.embraceglobal.org)
User: Young moms in poor rural areas in developing countries.
Need: Always carry baby close to body equals being a good mother.
Insight:
Low cultural acceptance in many countries to »leave babies alone« (e.g. in incubators).
“How might we create an non-electrical infant
incubator that keeps babies close to mother’s body?”

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OF VIEW
UNDERSTAND IDEATE

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“How might we design a solar charging system
that reduces risk and perceived risk theft?”

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Image Credit: Jan Schmiedgen (www.schmiedgen.eu)
What do users really expect?
Idea Generation

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OF VIEW
UNDERSTAND PROTOTYPE

Prototype ﬁdelity and representations
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Looks like
Works like
Interacts like
Product Service/Experience Space Story
Source: © d.School Stanford

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Google Glass’ Lo-ﬁ Prototyping
Source: Tom Chi (Google X) @ TED (http://blog.ted.com/2013/02/01/google-glass-prototyped-using-binder-clips-and-clay/)

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#1
Experience:
Augmentation

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1 DAY
#1
Experience:
Augmentation

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1 DAY
#2
Options Exploring:
Gesture Control#1
Experience:
Augmentation

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1 DAY
#2
Options Exploring:
Gesture Control#1
Experience:
Augmentation
45 MIN

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1 DAY
#3
Try & Iterate:Shape, Size, Weight
#2
Options Exploring:
Gesture Control#1
Experience:
Augmentation
45 MIN

½ HOUR
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1 DAY
#3
Try & Iterate:Shape, Size, Weight
#2
Options Exploring:
Gesture Control#1
Experience:
Augmentation
45 MIN

Google Glass’ Hi-ﬁ Prototyping
34Source: http://www.digitaltrends.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Early-Google-Glass-prototypes.png

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OBSERVE IDEATE PROTOTYPEPOINT
OF VIEW
UNDERSTAND TEST

36Image Credit: Service Design Berlin (Martin Jordan)

OF VIEW
UNDERSTAND
Going broad to go narrow
“solving” “solving”“seeking”“seeking”
PROBLEM SPACE EXPLORATION SOLUTION SPACE EXPLORATION
Initial
understanding
of problem
increasing complexity increasing certainty
Problem
deﬁnition:
“reframing”

OF VIEW
UNDERSTAND “solving” “solving”“seeking”“seeking”
PROBLEM SPACE EXPLORATION SOLUTION SPACE EXPLORATION
Initial
understanding
of problem
increasing complexity increasing certainty
Problem
deﬁnition:
“reframing”
No need to fear the »model mayhem«
EMPATHIZE IDEATE
PROTOTYPE
TEST
DEFINE

Convergence-Divergence ID.IIT: Analysis-Synthesis Engine Service Design (UK) »Design Chaos«
Spirit of Creation (UK) St. Gallen d.school Potsdam IDEO (Educators Toolkit)
d.school Stanford Beckman & Barry Bill Moggridge Stanford’s d.Modes
Jeanne Liedtka and Tim Ogilvie Stanford’s Necktie Flare ID.IIT: Vijay Kumar
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Diamond 1: Direction setting Diamond 2: Service design Diamond 3: Service production
Create SelectInitiateInitiate Create Select Define Define Sustain
Vision
Document
Service
Blueprint
Create SelectInitiate Define
Assimilating Converging
Diverging Accommodating
Active
Experimentation
Abstract
Conceptualization
Concrete
Experience
Reflective
Observation
Imperatives
Problem Finding Solution Finding
Problem
Selecting
Solution
Selecting
SolutionsObservations
Frameworks
etc.
No need to fear the »model mayhem«
ABSTRACT
CONCRETE
DISCOVERY INTERPRETATION IDEATION EXPERIMENTATION EVOLUTION

It’s pretty ‘simple’: It’s an ongoing parallel analysis and synthesis
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Analysis (Think)
Concrete: Real World
Abstract: Modeled World
Synthesis (Make)
Analysis-Synthesis Model
Existing – Implicit
(Current)
Preferred – Explicit
(Future)
Frameworks Imperatives
Problem Space Solution Space

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Analysis (Think)
Synthesis (Make)
Problem
Finding
(Current)
(Future)

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Analysis (Think)
Synthesis (Make)
Problem
Selecting
Problem
Finding
(Current)
(Future)

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Analysis (Think)
Synthesis (Make)
Problem
Selecting
Solution
Finding
Problem
Finding
(Current)
(Future)

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Analysis (Think)
Synthesis (Make)
Problem
Selecting
Solution
Finding
Problem
Finding
Solution
Selecting
(Current)
(Future)

41Analysis-Synthesis Model, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3APretend-city-grocery-store.jpg by Ermalfaro (Own work)
[CC BY-SA 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons; © General Electric - GE Healthcare
Analysis (Think)
Synthesis (Make)
What »is«
Model of
what »is«
Model of
what
»could be«
What
»could be«
distilledto
suggest
manifestas
OBSERVATIONS
PRINCIPLES
PLANS
TESTS

Balancing out ‘reliability bias’ and ‘decision attitude’
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Business People Designer
100% Reliability 100% Validity
Reliability vs. Validity
a fundamental predilection gap
50/50 Mix
Martin, R. L. (2009). Design of Business: Why Design Thinking Is the Next Competitive Advantage. Mcgraw-Hill Professional.
Studies, Market research,’
Past Experiences said ...
This interesting
extreme Case tells Us …

Balancing out ‘reliability bias’ and ‘decision attitude’
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Business People Designer
100% Reliability 100% Validity
Reliability vs. Validity
a fundamental predilection gap
50/50 Mix
Martin, R. L. (2009). Design of Business: Why Design Thinking Is the Next Competitive Advantage. Mcgraw-Hill Professional.
Studies, Market research,’
Past Experiences said ...
This interesting
extreme Case tells Us …
BEST PRACTICE
General anesthesia should be preferred in
preterm or small children as safety and
success are predictable.
For optimal performance trained, experienced
and certified personnel, appropriate drugs for
the individual patient risk profile and
sufficient monitoring equipment are essential.
Anesthesia or sedation for MRI in children.
(2010), Schulte-Uentrop L1, Goepfert MS.

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People and
Human Values
Desirability
Technology
Feasibility
Business
Viability

44Image Credit: © 2011-2012 General Electric Company
MRI Scan
Technology
Adventure
Frame
Cost Avoidance
Less sedations,
more patients

Problem Discovery Mindset
+ Customer Discovery Appetite
+ Structured Unstructured Process
+ Encouraging Working Culture
+ Sanity and Reason
= Design Thinking
49My personal inadmissible and non-scientiﬁc simpliﬁcation of what DT is.

Some Recommended Literature:
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Stanford: Stanford Business Books.
Brown, T. (2009). Change by Design: How Design Thinking Transforms
Organizations and Inspires Innovation:
How Design Thinking Can Transform Organizations and Inspire Innovation.
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Cooper, A., Reimann, R., & Cronin, D. (2007). About Face 3: The Essentials
of Interaction Design (3rd ed.). Wiley.
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from IDEO, America’s Leading Design Firm (1st ed.). New York: Crown
Business.
Kelley, T., & Littman, J. (2005). The Ten Faces of Innovation: IDEO’s
Strategies for Defeating the Devil’s Advocate and Driving Creativity
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