What mindset is needed for Design Thinking?
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The document highlights key principles of design thinking, focusing on human values and the importance of empathy in the design process. It emphasizes experimentation, effective communication, and the need for collaboration among diverse innovators to foster creativity and valuable solutions. Additionally, it advocates for a mindful approach to design, recognizing the iterative nature of innovation.
What mindset is needed for Design Thinking?
- 1. . embrace experimentation focus on human values craft clarity . . . . Mindsets d.mindsets e.mindsets FOCUS ON HUMAN VALUES Empathy for the people you are designing for and feedback from these users is fundamental to good design. CRAFT CLARITY Produce a coherent vision out of messy problems. Frame it in a way to inspire others and to fuel ideation. BIAS TOWARD ACTION Design thinking is a misnomer; it is more about doing than thinking. Bias toward doing and making over thinking and meeting. SHOW DON’T TELL Communicate your vision in an impactful and meaningful way by creating experiences, using illustra- tive visuals, and telling good stories. EMBRACE EXPERIMENTATION Prototyping is not simply a way to validate your idea; it is an integral part of your innovation process. We build to think and learn. BE MINDFUL OF PROCESS Know where you are in the design process, what methods to use in that stage, and what your goals are. RADICAL COLLABORATION Bring together innovators with varied backgrounds and viewpoints. Enable breakthrough insights and solutions to emerge from the diversity. source: source: CURIOSITY DEMONSTRATE constant curiosity about our changing world. CONNECTIONS INTEGRATE information from many sources to gain insight. CREATING VALUE IDENTIFY unexpected opportunities to create extraordinary value. CURIOSITY EXPLORE a contrarian view of accepted solutions. CONNECTIONS ASSESS and MANAGE risk. CREATING VALUE PERSIST through and learn from failure. Leticia Britos Cavagnaro (d.school, Stanford University) and Lawrence Neeley (Olin College of Engineering) KEEN Winter Conference, Jan 5, 2016