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Is Design Thinking dead?

Idea to Value

A few weeks ago, I saw an article in Fast Company about the layoffs at IDEO , one of the world’s most respected Design Thinking firms. In fact, IDEO was one of the pioneers of Design Thinking back in the late 1970s, but the process of using Design Thinking as part of innovation work really exploded in the 1990s and 2000s.

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Design Thinking Digital Transformation Workshop Tips

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How to facilitate a design thinking workshop for digital transformation. Digital transformation is a significant and common challenge for organizations and thus a great design thinking project. The year 2020 forced most organizations to digitally transform. However, can we digitally transform how we do that too?

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Accelerating the Journey to HR 3.0: Key Insights from IBM’s 2020 Study

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More than two thirds of executives surveyed in IBM’s latest research report said that HR is ripe for disruption – and the time is now to make a move to fundamentally change the way organizations think about their human resources department. Build and apply capabilities in agile and design thinking (more on this below).

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Design Thinking New Ways of Learning & Working

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This seemed like a design thinking challenge emerging. An opportunity to put the steps of design thinking into practice: empathy, define, ideate, prototype and test. We took this on as a design thinking project and used a Miro online whiteboard. These were ideas asking to be synthesized.

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Critical Insights from McKinsey’s “Closing the Capability Gap” 2020 Report

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When it comes to employee training and development, then, it seems obvious that a successful virtual environment is also needed to help employees reach their full potential and continue to grow and improve upon their skillset. Companies cannot wait until “business as usual” to promote employee training and development.

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Trends in Training & Development

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Learn about the latest training trends and practices here. Leveraging the latest research insights, you can continue to stay on top of the growing needs of your employees and develop a corporate training and development strategy that helps everyone succeed. Personalized training paths. Experiential learning. Power skills.

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Learning in Organizations: Takeaways from McKinsey’s 2020 “Rethink Capabilities” Report

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Yet companies are failing at delivering positive training outcomes, and executives can and must do more to help. While the value of employee training and development cannot be overlooked, many organizations still report failing to achieve their business objectives or implement successful programs. The value of capability building.

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