Design Thinking

To engage with wicked problems and our complex world, traditional creativity is no longer enough. Instead, we need to think like designers.

Eight Innovation Sandbox Rules

What is an Innovation Sandbox? The opposite of hiding innovation is to create a public place to play - an…

9 years ago

Five Principles of Good Flag Design

Previously, we shared Roman Mar’s TED presentation on Flag Design. We’ve added the TED talk here also. https://www.ted.com/talks/roman_mars_why_city_flags_may_be_the_worst_designed_thing_you_ve_never_noticed Good Flag…

9 years ago

Unlock the super simple secret to Innovation Work

Innovation Work Innovation work is now something we all need to perform. Innovation is so fundamental to not just growing…

10 years ago

Design Stories

The allure of this TED talk by Yves Behar 'Designing Objects That Tell Stories' is that it brings together two…

10 years ago

What is a Wicked Problem?

Previously we talked about Skinny Problems and Fat Problems. Today, we’re going to talk about even fatter problems – Wicked…

10 years ago

Fat Problems

Previously we talked about Skinny Problems. They’re easy to identify and solve. In contrast, Fat Problems are not so easily…

10 years ago

Five Symptoms of Skinny Problems

As the world becomes more integrated and more complex, the importance of using Design Thinking increases. However, it’s not always…

10 years ago

Wicked Thinking: How to Resolve Complex Problems

Wicked Thinking: How to Resolve Complex Problems. Episode 016 of the Ideas Architect Podcast. Geoff McDonald shares a Book Rapper…

11 years ago

Interview with Eric Knight – Reframe

Recently, we rapped Eric Knight's book Reframe: How to Solve the World's Trickiest Problems. And, I had the good fortune…

12 years ago

Twit Rapper: Design Advantage

Twit Rapper was created as a spin-off from my Book Rapper book summaries. Book Rapper summaries take a leading business…

13 years ago