Chapter 2Design Thinking & Critical Thingking

Everything has changed,is changing, andwill continue to change.

**Idris Mootee.(2013).Design Thinking for Strategic Innovation.Wiley

Innovation management is about more than just planning new products, services, brand extensions,technological inventions, or novelties. It’s about imagining, organizing, mobilizing, and competing in new ways. **Idris Mootee.(2013).Design Thinking for Strategic Innovation.Wiley

Design Thinking?

A way to take on design challenges by applying empathy?

An approach to collective problem solving?

A framework to balance needs and feasibility?

A means to solve complex or wicked problems?

A mind-set for curiosity and inquiry?

A fixed process and a tool kit?

A problem-solving approach to handle problems on a systems level?

A culture that fosters exploration andexperimentation?

A design buzzword to suggest that designers can do more than just design?

A management buzzword sold as the next strategic tool?

Critical Thinking?

Manual thinking (not automatic);

Purposeful;

Being aware of the partiality of your thinking;

A process; and

Thinking that uses a tool set.

**Michael Kallet.(2014) Think smarter Critical Thinking to Improve Problem Solving and Decision Making Skills.Willey

Benefits of Critical Thinking Clear understanding of problems or situations

Faster and accurate conclusions and quality decisions

A richer variety of explanations and solutions

Opportunity recognition

Mistake avoidance

Thought-out strategies and early elimination of dead ends.

**Michael Kallet.(2014) Think smarter Critical Thinking to Improve Problem Solving and Decision Making Skills.Willey

Reference

Michael Kallet.(2014) Think smarter Critical Thinking to Improve Problem Solving and Decision Making Skills.Willey

Idris Mootee.(2013).Design Thinking for Strategic Innovation.Wiley