Design Thinking seems like a natural byproduct of human thinking,
except re-purposed and given the “spaces” of inspiration, ideation, and implementation. As a society, it has been seen through
history our stray from human nature. We
have spent time solving problems by attempting to fit unpredictable,
multi-faceted problems into systematic and structured methods of thinking. Design Thinking brings us back to what once
would have been natural to us, starting at the root of the problem with the
person that it is affecting.
Is Design Thinking a social innovation in itself? It feels like a deconstruction of the systems
that we have put into place over time. More
than a product, Design Thinking provides a new attitude and perspective to the
way that we can find effective solutions to pressing social issues. IDEO, a design and innovation consulting
firm, provides the toolkit: Design Thinking for Educators. This toolkit applies the same type of
thinking used to develop social innovations, to education. It’s interesting that even the basic human
interaction of teaching could use the integration of Design Thinking to bring
improvements to a classroom. Design
Thinking is reminding the world that human stories are the reason that social
innovations are created.
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