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The business world has been quick to try and implement design thinking in hopes of stimulating sweeping organizational change and innovation, only to abandon it and return to old practices when it doesn’t “work.” Is design thinking nothing more than a poorly defined gimmick, or are people just missing the big picture?
Perhaps a part of the problem is that design thinking is more than just a set of tactics to be carried out, but rather a new ecology of mind. While grounded in business-minded rationality and operating within a defined set of constraints, it also contains an emotional/intuitive component that is often lost upon the more traditional thinkers. What this aspect requires is a capacity for switching between multiple perspectives and the ability to understand the world and our relationship to it, and within it, in a different way. Though there are many methods than can help develop this skill, I’d like to discuss an approach that may be unfamiliar to some: Futures Thinking. Continue reading
Today kicks off day one of a creative entrepreneurship retreat I’m attending in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. The fundamental question to be answered here is “What is the unique gift you can leverage that has a value in the marketplace people will pay for?” Great question, and the process of seeking the answers is even better. Instead of a dry, run of the mill business development course, this program uses visual journaling to help tap into the subconscious and embrace the creativity that so often lies dormant.
emergent by design 