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Design Thinking for Innovation

Wazoku

Design thinking has become a popular topic for discussion; with industry leaders like IBM and GE embracing and embedding design thinking in their organisations, other organisations are inevitably taking note. Design thinking is first and foremost people-centred, deriving products and services to meet a genuine need.

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An Answer to the Pains of Integrating Agile and UX

Boxes and Arrows

I recently attended UXPA 2013 in D.C. Although I was attending as a sponsor/exhibitor for Indigo Studio, I did manage to break away to go to the “There’s more than one way to skin a cat: Integrating UX into an Agile environment” session. It tied in quite nicely with the book I’m reviewing here.

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Key Issues in Innovation Management – Revisited – Part 1

Tim Kastelle

At the beginning of 2013, Tim Kastelle and I identified four key issues in innovation management for the time to come. It requires a more deliberated approach, such as the lean startup process, design thinking or a combination thereof. A well-suited way to govern this approach is to manage a portfolio of initiatives.

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Balancing Innovation via Organizational Ambidexterity – Part 3

Integrative Innovation

In working with this extended innovation funnel model we have made one more interesting observation: The chances for identifying and implementing successful breakthrough innovations are greatly increased if the individual stages are orchestrated by Design Thinking (see e.g. here). 2] Geoffrey A. 3] Axel Roseno et al.:

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Key Innovation Issues for 2016 and Beyond

Integrative Innovation

Hence, I gave it some thought, starting by revisting an earlier reflection: Beginning of 2013, Tim Kastelle and I identified four key issues in innovation management for the time to come. It requires a more deliberated approach, such as the lean startup process, design thinking or a combination thereof.

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User experience: ROI and methods to measure your investment in UX

mjvinnovation

The figures take into account a period of 10 years (2003-2013). Design Thinking can help a lot in this mission. HEART was developed in partnership between Digital Telepathy and Google Ventures to support Product Owners (yes, it was made to run on agile !), For every $ 1 invested in UX, a company has a return of $ 100.

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Designing for Harmony

Boxes and Arrows

To bring D4D to Intuit, Cook turned to a gifted in-house design director, Kaaren Hanson. In making her selections, she was not only looking for user-centered design thinking but she also needed people interested in working together to solve problems. Hanson, in turn, put together a team of nine people to help her.

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