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How to Design for Outcomes

Tim Kastelle

This is a lesson that Timothy Prestero and his organisation Design that Matters learned painfully. In 2010, DtM came out with an incubator designed for use in developing countries that won a ton of awards. The difference this time is that instead of designing for inspiration, they designed for outcomes.

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4 Companies With Jaw-Dropping Innovation Case Studies

PlanBox Innovation

These innovation case studies will uncover a secret weapon that your organization might not be leveraging to its fullest! Bringing all of this together is collaborative innovation software , which is specifically designed to take an idea from inception all the way to realization. Read the Full Story. Read the Full Story.

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The myth of a better mousetrap: A case study in bad innovation

Idea to Value

Apparently there have been over 4,000 patents for new designs of mousetraps developed over the years, including several hundred applied for each year still now. And almost all of these new, “better” designs don’t actually add much value over the simple, cheap, reliable design from 1894.

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OUTSIDE-IN [CASE STUDY]

Flying Fish Lab

From Outside the company : we ran a custom-designed crowdsourcing challenge, looking to create category firsts in frozen meals, exploring various territories, including the ones we identified had worked in other markets.

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Product Design & Customer Experience: An Innovative View on Inclusive Product Development

Speaker: Dan Jenkins - Human Factors & Research Lead – DCA Design International

The ethical case for more inclusive design is clear, as is the commercial one: more inclusive products and services can be used by more people. Inclusive design is often confused with designing for people with disabilities, but true inclusive design is much more than that. What ‘inclusive design’ really means.

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Design Thinking for Teachers

InnovationTraining.org

Design thinking in the classroom has exploded in the last few years! In this blog, we’ll walk you through design thinking with resources, videos, guides, and more designed specifically for teachers in the educational space. What is Design Thinking? What exactly is design thinking? Process Skills.

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Design Thinking Case Studies

InnovationTraining.org

Find examples of how design thinking is used to solve problems, prototype, and innovate. As more organizations and companies across the world adopt design thinking into their operations, it becomes even more obvious just how essential innovation is for continued success and growth. Netflix’s Innovative Updates.