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Change by Design

How Design Thinking Transforms Organizations and Inspires Innovation

Tim Brown

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Change by Design
Integrative Process+
Observation & Human-Centricity+
Prototyping (Thinking with Hands)+
Storytelling & Engagement+
Culture & Collaboration+
Mindset of a Design Thinker+
Driving Sustainable Change+

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Question 1 of 8
What are the three overlapping spaces of design thinking, and how should a project move through them?
  • A. Feasibility, Viability, Desirability; moving through them only once per project.
  • B. Inspiration, Ideation, Implementation; moving through them cyclically and iteratively.
  • C. Research, Development, Marketing; moving through them in a strict linear sequence.
  • D. Observation, Prototyping, Storytelling; moving randomly depending on the product.
Question 2 of 8
Why is observing people's daily behavior crucial for a design thinker?
  • A. It proves that consumers usually know exactly what they want if asked directly.
  • B. It allows companies to see which competitor products consumers are currently buying.
  • C. It helps designers identify 'thoughtless acts' that reveal unmet needs people might not articulate.
  • D. It provides statistical data that guarantees a product's viability in the marketplace.
Question 3 of 8
According to the book, when and why should prototyping occur in the design thinking process?
  • A. At the very end, to serve as the final test before launching the product into the market.
  • B. At the beginning, using rudimentary materials to quickly learn limitations and explore directions.
  • C. During the implementation phase, to convince stakeholders of the product's financial viability.
  • D. Only after a comprehensive digital model has been perfected in the designer's mind.
Question 4 of 8
How does design thinking utilize storytelling to maximize consumer engagement?
  • A. By focusing exclusively on the technical superiority and specs of the product.
  • B. By telling stories of the founders' struggles during the ideation phase.
  • C. By creating stories that customers are able to write and participate in themselves.
  • D. By using stories strictly to explain how a product was manufactured.
Question 5 of 8
What is a necessary condition for a work environment to truly foster innovation?
  • A. Providing expensive perks like beach huts and ping-pong tables.
  • B. Ensuring that teams are composed entirely of senior-level designers.
  • C. Keeping different departments separated to avoid creative friction.
  • D. Supporting experimentation and accepting failure as an acceptable step in learning.
Question 6 of 8
Why does a good design thinker constantly ask 'Why?' like a child?
  • A. To challenge the status quo, reframe problems, and ensure they are addressing the right issue.
  • B. To frustrate competitors and stall the development of inferior products.
  • C. To justify the high cost of the research and development phase to stakeholders.
  • D. To figure out who is to blame when an experimental prototype fails.
Question 7 of 8
How should a design thinker treat their newly discovered ideas?
  • A. Patent them immediately to ensure the company retains a monopoly on the innovation.
  • B. Keep them secret until the implementation phase to prevent competitors from stealing them.
  • C. Sell them to the highest bidder to maximize the project's financial viability.
  • D. Share them freely so that other innovators can build upon and improve them.
Question 8 of 8
How does design thinking suggest companies should encourage sustainable behaviors in consumers?
  • A. By presenting consumers with overwhelming scientific facts about climate change.
  • B. By forcing consumers to sacrifice style and comfort for basic energy efficiency.
  • C. By making sustainability accessible and tying it to behaviors consumers already value, like style.
  • D. By making sustainable products more expensive to reflect their true environmental value.

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Change by Design Summary & Overview

Change by Design (2009) presents a holistic, interdisciplinary approach to designing solutions to address any sort of innovation challenge. In following this step-by-step guide, you’ll be able to more creatively develop the stories and inspirations that will lead to tomorrow’s innovations.

Who Should Listen to Change by Design?

  • Anyone whose job requires creativity and innovative thinking
  • Anyone interested in finding a better way to address problems in society
  • Business leaders who want to inspire creativity and innovative thinking

About the Author: Tim Brown

Tim Brown is the chief executive officer of IDEO, an international design and innovation consulting company. He has earned many design awards, applying his “design thinking” approach in his work for international companies, governments and other institutions.

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