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Design Thinking

Design thinking is a problem-solving approach that focuses on human needs and perspectives.

Insights​

  • The design thinking process involves empathizing with users, defining problems, ideating solutions, prototyping, and testing.
  • The empathize stage involves understanding users' needs, wants, and challenges.
  • The define stage is about synthesizing the insights gathered in the empathize stage to define the problem.
  • The ideate stage involves brainstorming and generating a wide range of solutions.
  • The prototype stage is about creating a physical or digital representation of the solution.
  • The test stage involves testing the prototype and gathering feedback from users.
  • Design thinking can create user-centric solutions, improve collaboration, foster innovation, and reduce risk.

Stages​

  • Empathize: what do my users/customers need?
  • Define: what core problem do they have?
  • Ideate: craft and brainstorm creative ideas.
  • Prototype: craft a possible solution for each core problem.
  • Test: does the proposed solution fit and solve the problem?

Actions​

  • Practice empathy to understand users' needs and perspectives.
  • Use the insights gathered in the empathize stage to define the problem you want to solve.
  • Brainstorm and generate a wide range of solutions in the ideate stage.
  • Create a prototype to test your solution in the prototype stage.
  • Gather feedback from users in the test stage to refine your solution.