thefutureisbuiltofdreams:
Design Thinking: ‘devising ways to change existing situations into preferred ones’.This is a really great introduction to design thinking, and contains some gem quotes, such as:—The “making” step combines reflection, imagination, and reflection to expand what we know, and therefore what we can do.—We can’t simply “decide” our way to the future, we have to “design” our way to the future.—Design thinking involves spending time in the “dragon gap” — that unknown space between vision and reality, between what is and what could be.—Good design exhibits virtues: e.g., responsibility, courage, honesty, substance, curiousity, thriftiness, helpfulness, and wit.—To know truth. To make beauty. To do good.—We have to adopt a new management model that has a moral dimension.—True innovations become platforms for progress.I was really struck by the observation that good design exhibits virtues: that what we create should be a reflection of the values we hold dear. How well do we do that? Or for that matter, how well do we know our values? It reminds me of a quote I read in a book recently (more on that at a later date), which said:I am convinced that the pursuit of excellence sincerely undertaken, in even the most humble of legitimate occupations, is a way to encounter the whole truth of the universe—an inchoate search for God. Sirico
Whoa.(via @jasonmblumer; Marty Neumeier’s Innovation Workshop (by holdon67)