design thinking for the learning professional

DESIGN THINKING FOR THE LEARNING PROFESSIONALJuly 14, 2016

RYAN SEAMONS | DegreedProduct Manager degreed.com/ryanseamons @degreed

Help you (as leaders or practitioners) use design thinking to identify and solve meaningful problems for your organization.

Goal:

What is design thinking?

Design thinking is a human-centered approach to innovation that draws from the designer's toolkit to integrate the needs of people, the possibilities of technology, and the requirements for business success.TIM BROWN, IDEO ”

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Design Thinking

Verb=

Desirability(Human)

(Business)Viability (Technical)

Feasibility

INNOVATION

Is not just a pretty pictures.It does not simply mean “being creative”It does not end with a prototypeDesign thinking is not something that is slapped on at the end of a project.

Design Thinking Isn’t

Example:

Van HalenAbsolutely No Brown M&Ms

People, technology, businessDesirability, feasibility, viabilityInspiration, ideation, implementationDiscover, design, development, deploy

Different words, similar processes:

From IDEO about page

Inspiration Ideation ImplementationThe problem or

opportunity that motivates the

search for solutions.

The process of generating,

developing, and testing ideas.

The path that leads from the

project stage into people’s lives.

InspirationThe problem or opportunity that

motivates the search for solutions

IdeationThe process of generating,

developing, and testing ideas

ImplementationThe path that leads from the

project stage into people’s lives

LoopThe process of learning from

feedback

HELLO.

HELLO.OODA

HELLO.OODA

BSERVERIENTECIDECT

How do we actually do

this?

How we actually do this.1. Focus on the problem to solve2. Get design thinking skills on your team3. Have more debriefs (or start having them)4. LOOP

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