Design thinking is a great way to help students tackle problems in manageable pieces—it can also help them learn empathy and think about the global implications of local problems. Lisa Yokana, high ...

To deliver innovative, customer-centric solutions through design thinking, we must begin with empathy. In its simplest and purest form, empathy enables us to not only experience and understand another ...

At its root, design thinking addresses the critical areas of who, what, how and why. But, it needs to start with the customers' needs. Design thinking has been around for years, but the methodology ...

Customer-centric solutions demand empathy. But, how we employ this principle within design thinking is as critical—if not more—as what we do in the process. Certain slices can be easily ...

Design thinking offers hope and holds promise for designing significant change[1]. In a world fraught with misunderstanding and habitual polarization, innovation leading to a more humane world is ...

Many thanks to Julie Colantoni, first-grade teacher at Memorial School in Medfield, MA, for sharing her story. You can learn more about the exciting happenings in her classroom on her blog. A few ...

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In the early 2000s something new appeared on the education scene, adapted from the worlds of innovation and business where it was developed. It was called, simply and descriptively, design thinking.