Design Thinking
Design Thinking is an approach that solves problems creatively. The origin of Design Thinking lies in the 1960s (L. Bruce Archer. Systematic Method for Designers. Council of Industrial Design, H.M.S.O., 1965). An important recent publication about Design Thinking is Change by Design: How Design Thinking Transforms Organizations and Inspires Innovation by Tim Brown (Tim Brown. Change by Design: How Design Thinking Transforms Organizations and Inspires Innovation. Harper-Business. 2009).
In the business and engineering domain, it is well known and has been applied for around 15 years. The main drivers were the d.school at Stanford University, the company IDEO, and the Hasso Plattner Institute in Potsdam, Germany.
Design Thinking not only describes a solution; it also has a strong focus on the problem space. It allows the redefinition of the initial problem statement to find the real challenge that satisfies the stakeholders' needs. Design Thinking does not ask what the users...
