Description
Design
t
hinking has become very popular recently. It is because many people believe that
de
sign
t
hinking can help generate innovative solutions. Many business and non-business organizations are adopting it
to
resolving their problems. Even business schools and other disciplines include
d
esign
t
hinking in their curriculum. Then, what is
d
esign
t
hinking, really?
And how can it benefit us?
Design
t
hinking is commonly recognized as a problem-solving process that includes five stages
-
Empathize, Define, Ideate, Prototype and Test.
However,
when we compare the
d
esign
t
hinking process with the conventional problem-solving process,
there are no
major difference
s
, except the implementation part.
Design
t
hinking looks at problems with a holistic and human-centric perspective. It also tackles complex problems by using a non-linear
approach. However, some people claim that considering
d
esign
t
hinking as a problem-solving process
is
too simplistic.
Actually
,
d
esign
t
hinking should be considered as behaviors and attitudes
when
dealing with problems. Design
t
hinkers use different thinking styles and attitudes
when
approaching problems. Design
t
hinkers possess certain personal traits like human-centered
ness
,
having a
flexible and creative thinking style,
being
comfortable with subjective and intuitive judgement, and high self-efficacy. These thinking styles and attitudes help not only in problem-solving but also
in finding opportunities
.
In order to
be proficient in
d
esign
t
hinking
, we should not only understand the
d
esign
T
hinking
process, but also have to make ourselves become a design thinker.
This MOOC provides you with core knowledge about
d
esign
t
hinking and demystifies
d
esign
t
hinking as a process for solving complex and wicked problems.