Design Thinking - What Is It and Why Should I Care?

Explore the fundamentals of design thinking and its practical applications in this 58-minute Stanford webinar led by experts Jeremy Utley and Perry Klebahn. Discover how to apply creative problem-solving techniques to challenges in both professional and personal contexts. Watch as the presenters tackle real-time audience submissions, demonstrating key design thinking concepts such as framing, diverse collaboration, and brainstorming. Learn about the design thinking process, including empathy, rapid prototyping, and testing. Gain insights into addressing human needs, generating multiple ideas, and building various solutions. The webinar also covers topics like implementing design thinking without engineering expertise and approaching team dynamics. By the end, acquire valuable tools to approach any problem with a design thinking mindset, enhancing your creative problem-solving skills.

Introduction
Getting a good idea
Design thinking process visualization
Bill Pacheco
Empathy
Rapid prototyping
Prototype and test
Human needs
We need a lot of ideas
Process
Rick White
The problem
Create something later
Sorting ideas
Building multiple solutions
Design thinking without engineering
How do you approach teams
Wrap-up
What's our big unknown?