Design Thinking Super Links

Design Thinking Super Links After putting out a bucket load of thinking around Design Thinking, I’ve had several requests to put all the links in one place… like a super links page. So here goes… The Book and Author The Book: Roger Martin’s The Design of Business http://www.amazon.com/Design-Business-Thinking-Competitive-Advantage/dp/1422177807 The Author: Roger Martin’s Website: http://rogerlmartin.com/ The […]

Design Thinking Organizational Audit

Design Thinking Organizational Audit Are you ready for the future? To find out if your organization has the right balance of Design Thinking rate yourself with these nine questions. Colour in the circle of the response that best fits your view of your organization. This Design Thinking Audit was presented at the Ideas Lunch. It’s […]

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Design Advantage : The Secret to Creating Long-Term Value 17 Get the full Book Rapper issue: Design AdvantageTop Seven Design Thinking Books PROFIT : Want to fill your brain with even MORE design thinking? Here’s the books I’ve bought recently on Design Thinking. Disclaimer: I’ve only fully read Roger Martin’s The Design of Business so […]

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Design Advantage : The Secret to Creating Long-Term Value 16Derived from: Roger Martin’s The Design of Business Companion Pieces PROFIT : Want to fill your brain with more great ideas? The obvious thing to do is buy a copy Roger Martin’s book and read that – We only select 12 books a year so you […]

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Design Advantage : The Secret to Creating Long-Term Value 15Derived from: Roger Martin’s The Design of Business Action Plan : Designing Your Future PROFIT : Superficial Design makes no difference. It’s adornment, decoration and cosmetic. It’s like reading a book and doing nothing with it. Significant Design changes the world. It’s like reading a book, […]

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Design Advantage : The Secret to Creating Long-Term Value 14Derived from: Roger Martin’s The Design of Business Book Rapper Context : For Future Sake!Our fearless leaders have proven not to be so fearless. Their recent efforts in Copenhagen to create a compelling future for the planet came up stunningly short. Hope was offered and then […]

Design Advantage : The Secret to Creating Long-Term Value 13

Design Advantage : The Secret to Creating Long-Term Value 13 Derived from: Roger Martin’s The Design of Business RAP11 : Designing With Others PROFIT : The second way to enhance your design skills is to manage the way you work with analytical non-designers. Your best design ideas are worthless if you can’t communicate them effectively. […]

Design Advantage : The Secret to Creating Long-Term Value 12

Design Advantage : The Secret to Creating Long-Term Value 12Derived from: Roger Martin’s The Design of Business RAP10 : Designing Yourself PROFIT : There are two specific ways to improve your personal design impact. The first is to develop your own Design Thinking skills. Here’s some suggestions to accelerate the three key aspects of your […]

Design Advantage : The Secret to Creating Long-Term Value 11

Design Advantage : The Secret to Creating Long-Term Value 11Derived from: Roger Martin’s The Design of Business RAP9 : Leading Design PROFIT : If leading for reliability is like training a dog, then leading designers may be closer to training a cat. How they think, act and respond is completely different. You’ll need to adjust […]

Design Advantage : The Secret to Creating Long-Term Value 10

Design Advantage : The Secret to Creating Long-Term Value 10 Derived from: Roger Martin’s The Design of Business RAP8 : Design Training PROFIT : The best way to get your team to include Design Thinking in their work is to get them to do it in training. The goal is not to turn them into […]