Design Thinking: Home

Source:  https://medium.com/@Ex3Labs/5-tips-for-bringing-design-thinking-into-your-organization-ff3976bfcace

According to ACRL, Design Thinking "is an iterative, human-centered approach to understanding the needs of a specific group and developing services, spaces, and products in response."  (ACRL, 2020).

Design Thinking Principles:

• user-centric and action-oriented approach
• comfortable with change
• observe and Evaluates problems/issues/challenges through emotions and sensitivity
• integrate foresight
• dynamic
• promotes empathy
• reduce risks
• create meaning
• uplifts enterprise creativity
• new competitive logic of business strategy

Design Thinking requires us to know the 6 human needs with respect to problem-solving. They are namely:

1. Certainty
2. Variety
3. Unique/Significance
4. Connection/Love
5. Growth 
6. Contribution