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Rapid prototyping processes, part of design thinking, can lead to an abundance of fresh ideas. In last week’s column, we shared how biopharmaceutical company AbbVie uses design thinking to humanize ...

Unlocking employees’ creative potential has long been recognized as a key component of management. Creativity is the bases for innovation and innovation is the turning point for successful results.

“In a design paradigm. . .the solution is not locked away somewhere waiting to be discovered but lies in the creative work of the team. The creative process generates ideas and concepts that have not ...

Most businesses struggle with innovation, not because they lack ideas, but because they lack a clear and effective process. Great ideas don’t emerge in a vacuum. They require structure, iteration, and ...

Jazmine was a thoughtful and curious student who worked hard to earn good grades at her San Francisco Bay Area public high school in hopes of attending college. “Being blind meant that it took me ...

Enter design thinking—an approach that goes beyond mere products to delve deeply into customer experience, transforming everyday banking into an intuitive, engaging, and satisfying journey. How can ...

Have you ever thought about how and why something was designed? Who was considered a “stakeholder” for the design? And what biases are baked within the process of designing something? These are some ...

'Innovation' and 'design thinking' could possibly be two of the most extensively-used phrases both online and offline during the past decade. To respond to the global need of "changing the status quo" ...