“I don’t want innovation,” said no business… ever. Everyone wants it because innovation means growth, market share, sustainable profit, more valuable brand equity; in other words, life. It’s the botox…
read moreDesign thinking does not guarantee innovation. It’s a process structured to get you thinking in a different way; to get your siloed teams to think differently together; to focus on…
read moreWe use a lot of words interchangeably in conversations. If we use something long enough to stand-in for something else, and if the difference is subtle enough, eventually people will…
read moreYou’ve done your research, and you know the best way to generate and test ideas for innovation is to take the human-centric approach Design Thinking brings. You’re ready to find…
read moreIn selling the idea of Design Thinking to management, it’s often helpful to back it up with some research. However, as Jeanne Liedtka points out in Exploring The Impact of…
read moreGetting executives on board with design thinking can be an exercise in patience. Think of it as teaching a class. How would you explain to a classroom full of five…
read more“Design Thinking’ what? I can’t draw.” If you’ve ever tried explaining design thinking to executives, you’ve probably heard some version of this. Drawing abilities aside, in some ways “design thinking”…
read moreYou’ve probably heard that our education system may or may not prepare future leaders, mainly because it may or may not prepare our kids for real life. This is an…
read moreHave you ever really, truly failed at something? What I mean to ask is, have you ever tried something hoping to get a result that you never even came close…
read moreThe ethos “There is no such thing as failure” is not new, but when was the last time you, or your team, actually practiced it? Sure, embracing it too tightly…
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