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Book SynopsisDesign Thinking (DT) is popular in corporate innovation and start-ups alike for helping people to craft fresh, new solutions to today’s challenges and develop underlying skills in high demand in tomorrow’s economy: creativity, critical thinking, collaboration, insight, empathy, experimentation, and more.
After years of research and practice in Design Thinking, CJ Meadows and Charvi Parikh have distilled their expertise into this definitive guide for making the most of this approach for business growth and problem-solving. In The Design Thinking Workbook, they guide you through the essential skills that underlie DT, and introduce the tools, techniques and processes that empower you to immediately apply DT to real-world situations. Their experiential, exercise-driven, and visual approach, awakens that part of the brain that draws, designs, and dreams.
Anyone can be a Design Thinker. Businesspeople, policymakers, educators, social entrepreneurs, and others can use DT to solve problems, develop creativity, and design new solutions that make life easier and businesses more productive.
Trade ReviewA must-have quick reference for innovators across the globe! As a designer, I'm impressed with this intriguing, excellently scripted collection of carefully-crafted modules. It's thorough and worthwhile. Introducing skills and techniques before the DT process was a master stroke.
-- Jimmy Mistry, Designer, Hotelier, and Founder of Della Leaders Club
This book should be required reading for every start-up founder! It’s the skillset and toolbox to find a compelling need and design an offering 10X better than anyone else’s. ‘No wonder new ventures with designers in the leadership team succeed better and attract more funding than their peers. -- Puneet Pushkarna, Venture Capitalist at Solmark | Chairman of Innoveo and Servion Global Solutions
This is a great toolkit! A thorough and practical book that will help guide you through the methods, tools and practice of design thinking for those unfamiliar or in need of a boost to help solve today's wicked problems.
-- Pete Overy, Co-Founder and Managing Director, Agency Singapore
Creativity and good design are cornerstones of the Future of Work. This book is a super-tool for building your skills in both and making yourself future-ready. -- Dr. Shalini Lal, Founder and Future-of-Work Designer, Unqbe
What a clever and innovative way to help people learn Design Thinking! This multimedia toolbox will inspire and help you develop new skills, especially creative problem-solving, and connect you with the wider online community.
-- Brian Ling, Founder and Design Director, Design Sojourn
Table of ContentsChapter 1. Design Thinking and You
Chapter 2. Foundational Skills
Chapter 3. Tools and Techniques
Chapter 4. Process
Chapter 5. Your Challenge, Start to Finish
Chapter 6. Next Steps
Chapter 7. Design Thinker’s Diary
