Tim Brown: Designers think big
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A 2009 TED talk in which IDEO's chief executive argues design should move from styling objects to tackling systemic problems. Explains participatory, local design and the shift from design to design thinking.
More resources on Design Thinking
hbr.org
Harvard Business Review (hbr.org) offers research-based articles, case studies, and practical guidance on leadership, strategy, and organizational performance for managers and executives.
designthinking.ideo.com
IDEO's Design Thinking resource hub explains the design thinking approach and provides primers, tools, and case studies to apply it to real-world problems.
IDEO DesignKit
IDEO.org's public library of human-centered design methods, case studies, and mindsets, organized around inspiration, ideation, and implementation. After working through it you can run field interviews, synthesize findings, and prototype solutions with communities.
Stanford d.school
Stanford d.school's collection of downloadable method cards, workshop guides, and starter kits used in its courses. Gives you facilitation scripts and exercises for running empathy interviews, ideation sessions, and rapid prototyping with a team.
Interaction Design Foundation
Interaction Design Foundation's topic hub gathering articles, literature summaries, and course listings on design thinking. Covers the five-stage model and its origins, giving background reading before applying empathize, define, ideate, prototype, and test.
Stanford d.school Design Thinking
The 1999 ABC Nightline segment following IDEO as it redesigns a shopping cart in five days. Shows observation, brainstorming rules, rapid prototyping, and team decision-making as they actually happen in a studio.