reliable magic: how business can benefit from architects' design thinking + doing
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Farrow Partnership Architects identifies 10 design thinking + doing practices that can be applied to business.TRANSCRIPT
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Howbusinesscanbenefitfromarchitects’designthinking+doing
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Forarchitects,designthinkinginvolvescollabora3ngwithclientsandcolleaguestodevelopinspiredvisionsandbe6erplanningsolu3ons.
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Wemustdeliverprojectswithinadeadlineandabudget.Thisrequiresarigorousandreliabledesignprocess.
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Wecallthisrigorouscrea3veprocess“reliablemagic.”
Ourprocessaimstoworkwithhumannature,ratherthana?empttoovercomeit.
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Hereare10reliablemagic
prac3cesthatcanbeappliedto
businessoutside
theworldofarchitecture.
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Designwith–notfor–yourcons3tuents.
Engageindialogueaimedatbuildingdeep‐seatedunderstandingsothatpeople“believein”ratherthan“buyin.”
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Iden3fysharedinterests.
It’snotnecessaryforpeopletoagreeonallaspectsoftheproject.Instead,jointlydefinepointsofcommoninterestformovingforward.
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Re‐frametheques3on.
MostiniKalprojectdefiniKonsaimtoolowandpresentfalselylimiKngeither/orchoices.
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Don’tjumptotheendofthestory.
Jumpingtoconclusionsandshort‐circuiKngasharedlearningcurveleadstoweakanswersandshakysupport.
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Invitedivergentthinking.
Avoidself‐limiKngchoicesbetweenexisKngopKonsbyexploringfast,cheapiteraKonsinafluidlearn/adjust/repeatprocess.
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Learntoappreciateuncertainty.
Allowideastoemergeinanaturalprocessofdialogueandinquiry,ratherthandefendpre‐conceivedsoluKons.
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Ask:whatelsecanweseehere?
Ratherthanre‐arrangeexisKngpiecesofapuzzle,lookbeyondobvious,linearsoluKonstoseepa?erns,variaKons,combinaKonsanddeviaKons.
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Don’tgettooa6ached,toosoon.
AvoidemoKonala?achmentstoearlyideas–especiallyonesthataredevelopedwhileworkingalone.Instead,settheseideasfreetoevolvethroughaprocessofdialogueandinquiry.
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Expectsomeresistance.
Itisagiventhatnewideaswillbeadoptedadifferentratesbydifferentpeople.Aimtoworkthroughnaturalresistancewithdialogueandinquiryratherthana?empttoovercomeit.
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Adop3ngideasisaprocess,notanevent.
ThedigesKonprocessfornewideascanbeseenassimilartodigesKngfood:it’sbe?ertocreateanappeKteforbite‐sizedpiecesthanforce‐feedinquanKty.
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FarrowPartnershipArchitectsToronto,Canada
www.farrowpartnership.com
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