http://www.designthinkinginstitute.com A virtual platform for new ideas about design, business & organisations Fri, 27 Jan 2006 12:37:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en While the recent article by Dipayan Baishya in the “Economic Times India” is not digging too deep into the operational issues of design thinking it provides a good overview what the business side might expect and benefit from “Design Thinking”. >>> Found via PPP and read the full article here. http://www.designthinkinginstitute.com/2005/12/28/on-the-nature-of-design-thinking-the-economic-times/ It seems that the closer we come to Christmas posting frequency goes down not only at Vol.2: design-management.de. Therefore I’ve decided to take a short, intended “hiatus” and concentrate on some urgent work to be completed before Christmas as well as on recharging my batteries ;-) Consequently expect new, fresh postings in ... http://www.designthinkinginstitute.com/2005/12/22/thank-you-for-2005/ Ever since I’ve returned from the WorldBlu forum in Washington, DC I’ve wanted to do some updates in this site. However keeping two blogs alive is not that easy and today I would like to share some ideas around this project with you. As written in my other blog David Weinberger ... http://www.designthinkinginstitute.com/2005/11/15/democratic-collaboration-free-blog-access-for-you/ Regular visitors of my blog might have noticed that I’ve participated in a conference about organizational democracy two weeks ago. Beside the fact that I still owe you some impressions from the forum itself (Yes, I’ve met (and talked to) Dan Pink, author of ‘A Whole New Mind’ in person as ... http://www.designthinkinginstitute.com/2005/11/11/design-thinking-and-learning-from-each-other/ 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 ... http://www.designthinkinginstitute.com/2005/10/29/worldblu-forum-2005/ Even though my initial idea was to collect resources in some sort of chronological order I’ve decided to collect and document them as they come. Today Niti Bhan posted a great article in her blog as a response to Victor Lombardi’s idea to frame the idea of design thinking. As ... http://www.designthinkinginstitute.com/2005/10/24/a-transnational-perspective-on-design-thinking/ Two weeks ago I’ve conducted a strategy workshop for the post-graduate EURIB Master of Design Management programme in Rotterdam. Frans Joziasse (director at PARK and module co-ordinator at EURIB) is in charge for the module and I think he has assembled a well balanced set of lecturers and practitioners from ... http://www.designthinkinginstitute.com/2005/10/22/design-thinking-and-the-management-of-tensions/ What is this blog and the “Design Thinking Institute” (DTI) about? Well, this new blog has been on my agenda for a while now. I’ve been reflecting on the name, content and format ever since I’ve read about the term ‘Design Thinking’. I’ve somehow felt attracted to the topic by the believe ... http://www.designthinkinginstitute.com/2005/10/20/welcome-to-this-new-forum/ It always surprises me how things sometimes go together when you watch them for a while. Where shall I start? I think it has been on Peter Merholz (Adaptive Path) blog where I’ve recently read about the term “Design Thinking” (even though his posting has been quite critical and focused on ... http://www.designthinkinginstitute.com/2005/10/18/swarms-pipelines-design-thinking-and-heraclitus/