When is the last time your principal, executive director or boss asked you to redesign a curriculum, program or product launch by empathizing with students, grant recipients or consumers? Probably not recently. But in a world saturated with the memes
Most innovations do not come about through a solitary burst of inspiration. Rather, new breakthroughs are usually links in a golden chain of innovation. Individuals and teams connect seemingly unrelated inventions and practices, repositioning them by asking new questions that
Teachers in the United States establish “maker spaces” in elementary classrooms. School leaders in Peru develop a “blended learning” curriculum for low income students. Students in Singapore enroll in an “Imagineering Programme” that leads to a certificate in problem solving
When you think of design and design thinkers, do you visualize professional designers and engineers creating new products? Is it difficult to imagine yourself in that group? In fact, design thinking is not only about professional designers creating innovative products. Design
Visual thinking can sometimes be better than words when brainstorming, asking questions and connecting ideas previously thought to be unconnectable. And mind mapping makes visual thinking come alive. The old saying, “a photo is worth a thousand words” is certainly
