Topic: design-thinking
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David Kelley on designing curious employees
Wednesday, November 21, 2012 · Topics: design-thinking, employee-engagement
From FastCompany: Design thinking is a process of empathizing with the end user. Its principal guru is David Kelley, founder of IDEO and the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford (otherwise known as the d.school), who takes a similar approach to managing people. He believes leadership is a matter of empathizing with employees. In this interview, he explains why leaders should seek understanding rather than blind obedience, why it’s better to be a coach and a taskmaster and why you can’t teach leadership with a PowerPoint presentation. · Go to David Kelley on designing curious employees →
What does it mean to be simple?
Friday, October 19, 2012 · Topics: design, design-thinking, simplicity
From 52 weeks of UX: There are many definitions of Simplicity but Daniel Ritzenthaler explains what does Simple actually mean. Prevailing wisdom suggests that simplicity is about less…r emoval and reductionism. But simplicity is really about comprehension and clarity of purpose… can we design such that people instantly understand what’s going on and make a confident decision about what to do next? To practically achieve simplicity we can stick to a single core idea, improve clarity over time, and use consistency to help users achieve efficiency. · Go to What does it mean to be simple? →
Kickstarter campaign for Frank Chimero’s The Shape of Design
Thursday, April 5, 2012 · Topics: design, design-thinking, fundraising, inspiration, videos
The Shape of Design isn’t going to be a text book. The project will be focused on Why instead of How. We have enough How; it’s time for a thoughtful analysis of our practice and its characteristics so we can better practice our craft. After reading the book, I want you to look at what you do in a whole new light. Design is more than working for clients. · Go to Kickstarter campaign for Frank Chimero’s The Shape of Design →
Frank Chimero: The Shape of Design
Thursday, April 5, 2012 · Topics: design, design-thinking, inspiration, videos
On Vimeo: Frank Chimero is a graphic designer, illustrator, teacher, maker and writer hailing from Portland, Oregon. He also teaches graphic design & typography to eager minds at Portland State University and is managing partner of graphic design blog, Thinking for a Living. · Go to Frank Chimero: The Shape of Design →
Exploring ideas in the pursuit of clarity
Wednesday, March 21, 2012 · Topics: design-process, design-thinking
From 37signals: A recent exploration at Basecamp was a UI for adding groups or departments inside a company — such as the Marketing and HR groups inside Acme Widgets. This turned out to be a great example of how an exploration can produce an entirely different result than you originally expected. · Go to Exploring ideas in the pursuit of clarity →
Roger Martin on design thinking
Monday, January 23, 2012 · Topics: creativity, design-thinking, innovation, org-change
Design Thinking balances analytical thinking and intuitive thinking, enabling an organization to both exploit existing knowledge and create new knowledge. A design-thinking organization is capable of effectively advancing knowledge from mystery to heuristic to algorithm, gaining a cost advantage over its competitors along the way. And with that cost advantage, it can redirect its design thinking capacity to solve the next important mystery and advance still further ahead of its competitors. In this way, the design-thinking organization is capable of achieving lasting and regenerating competitive advantage. · Go to Roger Martin on design thinking →
Tim Brown urges designers to think big
Sunday, January 15, 2012 · Topics: collaboration, design, design-thinking
Tim Brown says the design profession is preoccupied with creating nifty, fashionable objects — even as pressing questions like clean water access show it has a bigger role to play. He calls for a shift to local, collaborative, participatory “design thinking.” · Watch video →
What made Steve Jobs so great?
Tuesday, January 3, 2012 · Topics: apple, customer-experience, design-thinking
From FastCompany: Steve Jobs wasn’t an engineer or a designer. But he was one of the greatest users of technology of all time, and that made all the difference. · Go to What made Steve Jobs so great? →
