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Design Thinking and the Learning Function

Friday, May 12, 2017

Talent Development Firm
Design thinking is a hot topic right now. An Internet search will net some 23 million results. But what exactly is design thinking? Here are the definitions from some design thinking leaders: 

  • a discipline that uses the designer’s sensibility and methods to match people’s needs with what is technologically feasible and what a viable business strategy can convert into customer value and market opportunity (Tim Brown, CEO of IDEO) 
  • a halfway house between analytical thinkin
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