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Beyond Bullshit for Design Thinking
Posted on October 4, 2017 Leave a Comment
Design thinking is in its ‘bullshit’ phase, a time characterized by wild hype, popularity and little evidence of what it does, how it does it, or whether it can possibly deliver what it promises on a consistent basis. If design thinking is to be more than a fad it needs to get serious about answering […]
Developmental Evaluation and Complexity
Posted on January 10, 2014 1 Comment
Developmental evaluation is an approach (much like design thinking) to program assessment and valuation in domains of high complexity, change, and innovation. These three terms are used often, but poorly understood in real terms for evaluators to make much use of. This first in a series looks at the term complexity and what it means […]
Hacking the Classroom: Beyond Design Thinking
Posted on April 6, 2013
Originally posted on User Generated Education:
Design Thinking is trending is some educational circles. Edutopia recently ran a design thinking for educators workshop and I attended two great workshops at SXSWedu 2013 on Design Thinking: Hack Class: Shape Your Ecology, Empower Learning The Problem Finders: Design Thinking Across School Design Thinking is a great skill…
Design: A Stance for Competitive Advantage
Posted on May 7, 2010 1 Comment
Design thinking may be more of a stance than a theory or method and Roger Martin’s recent talk on design thinking illustrates how teaching and encouraging new ways of viewing problems may provide better ways of solving them.
