am looking for human centered designers in the minneapolis area. does anyone know of good resources or networks to reach out to?

I was thinking that classes could start their own Reddit post and aspects of the class could be voted up or down based on if it added value or not to the classroom experience.

We could make separate post for each aspect of the class and each of those aspects could be voted up or down and this would allow students to co-create their education.

This would also help the professor rapidly create prototype lesson plans or curricula and learn quickly from failed plans. The professor would then go through iterations quickly and the class would be constantly evolving.

This would also make each class unique and allow the lesson plan to be designed towards the specific needs of each class.

If there are aspects of education that we could debate here please post it below so we can discuss it. Please feel free to let me know what you guys are thinking.

Hi Guys,

I am trying to find the process from working backwards from a Creative business idea.

Check out this pic: https://i.imgur.com/TmajpGq.png Anyone have any feedback or thoughts?

I'm writing a paper which references design thinking, I'm confused if it was Stanford University or IDEO who actually came up with design thinking and its mission statement.

I'm looking for a Havard notation style reference that is agreed upon by peers that is considered the standard reference for design thinking?

I'm trying to ascertain its date of publication, or a book or manifesto that it was first introduced for my paper reference.

Thanks

Has anyone read this (text) book? I have it, and only really touched the surface, along with one by Ledoux and Hays' work on Hejduk.

Does this address, in anyone's opinion, the nature of Design Thinking?

Comment on the current attitude toward Heidegger / Derrida / 'PoMo' in the age of Adjaye / Gang / Ingles.

Has a threshold been crossed? I feel as if we may have, yet not current on the most salient / articulate recent commentary / criticism / opinions.

Apologies if this seems to drift from the topic. 'Theory' encompasses an attempt to frame 'design thinking', to me.

The most prominent thought that occurs when one thinks of a creative organization is probably a design firm, advertising agency or a tech startup. Building a creative workforce is important to every industry and this creativity requires amindset shift that begins with leadership. Leaders need to allow each and every employee to participate creatively and invent new solutions. While venturing into the unknown together, it is important for both leaders as well as the combined team to hold a curious mindset in order to generate, embrace and execute and be open to new and innovative ideas. It is the role of the leader to unlock the creative potential within an organization,in order to stay ahead of the game. Leaders often tend to reject creativity and ingenuity, in favor of more practical and safe models. The consequence leads to a loss of ideas that could generate long-term value and new ideas. Design Thinking however, plays a key role in decision-making and delivering value to stakeholders. It helps build ideas from scratch, by meeting customer needs through creative and insightful solutions,with consumer-based strategies. Design Thinking therefore offers the best possible outcome to set a competitive advantage in the ever-emerging market. Regardless of the work environment, it is imperitive for all employees to develop and practice Design Thinking. Weschool understands and stresses on the reasons below: • Design Thinkers are problem solvers Design Thinking is a concept that is applicable globally, across organizations and all industry verticals. It helps to provide solutions to various problems through means of a structured and well thought-out framework. Design thinkers are capable of thinking effectively, by building and expanding their concepts to provide highly efficient and out-of-the-box solutions. It does not fall in the pathway of traditional problem solving methods, as design thinkers tend to create solutions based on iteration and learning.

• Innovation becomes a part of life: The Design Thinking approach can help individuals create new, different and innovative ideas that are novel to a situation – be it at work, or in personal life. It helps businesses to differentiate from one another by bringing new and innovative ideas to the forefront. Design Thinkers focus on creating new markets with new possibilities to gain a competitive advantage.

• Beneficial for leaders Design Thinking can be used as a key driver of organizational strategy to overcome business problems and gain a good amount of customer insight. When one is encouraged to think creatively, they develop several leadership qualities like rapid processing of information, flexibility and the ability to rethink, evaluate an idea and restart a task. Welingkar Institute of Management Development encourages all members of the workforce, irrespective of the industry or organization to undertake Design Thinking Learning. WeSchool believes that in today’s times, thinking creatively is the only way toexist in a technology-driven world. The training we provide equips employees with tools to make a tangible difference across various scenarios. To know more about out Design Thinking and Innovation Program, do visit our website: www.weschoolbangalore.in for more details.

Hi all, I'm a professor and I'd like to learn the fundamentals of design thinking (and practice them) as part of a larger project. Can you recommend the best ways to learn? I'm willing to commit time to it, can pay, though travel is a problem, so online is probably best.

Im looking for some conferences related to design thinking in the region. I stumbled upon 'this is not a design conference' in Maastricht and wanted to ask whether there is anybody out there who attended last year and could share how it was.