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Can Design Thinking Redesign Higher Ed? The Chronicle of Higher Education. September 15, 2017
The promise of innovation on tap has drawn a growing number of professors and college administrators to design thinking. Some see it as a way to better engage a new generation of students. Some see it as a tool to bring fresh thinking to colleges bound by tradition and inertia but operating in an increasingly volatile landscape. The more skeptical see it as yet another corporate-culture fad infiltrating academe and taking up time and energy that could be spent on the mission.
Design Thinking Comes of Age, Harvard Business Review, September 2015
In large organizations, design is moving closer to the center of the enterprise. This shift isn’t about aesthetics and product development, however. It’s about imparting the principles of design—collectively known as design thinking—throughout the organization. The approach is in large part a response to the complexity of many products, services, and processes. People need help—they need their interactions with technologies and other complicated systems to be intuitive and pleasurable.
Design Thinking for Educators, IDEO
A toolkit, website and series of short vidos created by IDEO "adapted specifically for the context of K-12 education. It offers new ways to be intentional and collaborative when designing, and empowers educators to create impactful solutions."
Design Thinking for Museums
A website dedicated to "best practices and case studies about applying human-centered design in museums, nonprofits, and mission-driven organizations."
Frog Design’s Collective Action Toolkit
The Collective Action Toolkit puts design-thinking tools into the hands of local change agents to transform communities. Frog’s fieldwork in Africa with the Nike Foundation revealed the need for a universal framework that empowers communities of all shapes and sizes to find and design their own solutions to any problem, any time.
Gensler Research Institute
The Gensler Research Institute explores the intersection of design, business, and behavior in pursuit of solutions that improve the built environment and enhance the human experience. Review the organization's Dialogue magazine for the role of design thinking and innovation.
Good Books for Design Thinkers to Read in 2019 by Sherry Wu, Medium
"This reading list is based on recommended reading from a design class at Stanford — The History and Theory of Design. Main category: Design in Business, Contemporary Design, Design History, Sub-fields of Design History and Design Theory and Methods."
How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love Design Thinking by Christina Wodtke, Medium
When I first heard about Design Thinking, I thought it was a clever rebranding effort by IDEO to charge twice as much for user-centered design. What can I say, I’m an old fart of a designer, and when I read about design thinking, I didn’t really see the big whup. And I wasn’t alone. But over time I’ve discovered that the oft-parodied approach to Design Thinking — a lot of post-its and a lot of prototyping — works better than nearly any other approach to product and service innovation.
How to Start a d.school, Stanford d.school
"People often ask us how to start a d.school. We love hosting universities, governments, companies, and other organizations from around the world and hearing their plans to create a program or space inspired by the d.school. This is a guide to key ingredients of the d.school that were folded into the batter early on and still persist today."
IBM’s Design-Centered Strategy to Set Free the Squares by Steve Lohr, The New York Times, November 14, 2015
This article outlines the way in which IBM is broadly embracing design-thinking as it moves forward.
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Founded by David Kelley, this design company has been on the forefront of creating products and solutions based on the practice of design thinking and innovation.
Spotting the Patterns: 2017 Trends in Design Thinking by Andy Hagerman, Stanford Social Innovation Review
Creative leaders and innovators are thinking about design thinking in more mature ways. Moving away from a sole emphasis on language and learning, they are increasingly focusing on questions of application, ownership, and impact.
Stanford d.school, A Virtual Crash Course in Design Thinking
We know not everyone can make a trip to the d.school to experience how we teach design thinking. So, we created this online version of one of our most frequently sought after learning tools. Using the video, handouts, and facilitation tips below, we will take you step by step through the process of hosting or participating in a 90 minute design challenge.
Stanford d.school, Reading List
The best way to learn about design thinking is to do it, but we’d be remiss if we didn’t point out some of the books that help contextualize what we do. If you want to deepen your understanding of design thinking process and application, here’s a book list to get you started. We’re being selective, not exhaustive, here – think of it as the “staff favorites” section in your local bookstore.
You Can Prototype Anything, IDEO Zine
This Zine explains the process of prototyping in design thinking. "We chose a zine because it embodies creative confidence—it’s a space for people to create and to explore interests without
fear of judgment. People also tell us they want to learn more about the process we use to come up with and refine new ideas. These pages explore the nuances of the prototyping process in a way we hope you’ll find interesting and useful."

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