It used to be that 'think outside the box” were the words companies turned to when searching for new ways to solve old problems. Today, those four words have been paired down to two: design thinking.

Rapid prototyping processes, part of design thinking, can lead to an abundance of fresh ideas. In last week’s column, we shared how biopharmaceutical company AbbVie uses design thinking to humanize ...

Once a niche process used mostly in product design, design thinking has become a flexible, people-first framework for solving problems across business, education, entertainment, and more. This story, ...

After more than 24 years of coaching, I've noticed that teams and organizations still use traditional problem-solving techniques despite these being either obsolete or ineffective. For example, ...

Thinking creatively, solving complex problems, and working in teams all add up to Design Thinking (DT). A study conducted by the Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral (ESPOL) and Ghent University ...

What is design thinking, and why is design thinking important? It's an iterative process that begins with empathy and culminates in testing and implementation, only to be followed by further cycles of ...

Education today has evolved beyond rote memorization and rigid curricula. Today, the focus is on fostering creativity, problem-solving, and empathy—skills that are indispensable in an ever-changing ...

If you’ve been in business or innovation circles in the past ten years, chances are you have experimented with design thinking. You have gone through the brainstorming sessions, you have done the ...

Four sixth graders in Emily Butterfield's Bearden Middle School science class have all kinds of ideas about how to deal with kudzu. You could harvest it and use it for medication. You could build a ...