WorldBlu Forum 2005
As written in an earlier posting I’m currently in Washington, DC. I feel very honoured to be one of the speakers being offered the opportunity to share some basic ideas on Design Thinking and how organizations might benefit from this perspective.
I’m happy that I’ve received so many positive replies and people around express their appreciation for the notion that management should definitively accept problem solving more as a task of solving “Paradoxes” rather than “Puzzles”. The open question I’ve posed on how to address the problem in Iraq rather from a paradox perspective than seeing it as a puzzle (rush in -> get rid off Saddam -> install democracy) has stimulated a lively discussion as well.
Since a reasonable number of participants asked for my slides, well you can download them here (in order to achieve an acceptable filesize the logo looks a little bit pixeled ;-( In the PDF you will find many references to the material I’ve used as well as the URL to the fantastic Flash-Video. If you should have any questions or remarks regarding my presentation/PDF feel free to contact me.
Finally you might note that WorldBlu has understood the lesson very well to share content and resources. Accordingly they’ve set up a section on their website with live-blogs from the conference as well as podcasts and photographs. All areas will be filled up with content in the next few days. It’s worth a visit.
And thanks to the team of WorldBlu!