Designing for Growth

Designing for Growth

A Design Thinking Tool Kit for Managers

  • Author: Liedtka, Jeanne; Ogilvie, Tim
  • Publisher: Columbia University Press
  • ISBN: 9780231158381
  • eISBN Pdf: 9780231527965
  • Place of publication:  New York , United States
  • Year of digital publication: 2011
  • Month: June
  • Language: English

Jeanne Liedtka and Tim Ogilvie educate readers in one of the hottest trends in business: "design thinking," or the ability to turn abstract ideas into practical applications for maximal business growth. Liedtka and Ogilvie cover the mind-set, techniques, and vocabulary of design thinking, unpack the mysterious connection between design and growth, and teach managers in a straightforward way how to exploit design's exciting potential.

Exemplified by Apple and the success of its elegant products and cultivated by high-profile design firms such as IDEO, design thinking unlocks creative right-brain capabilities to solve a range of problems. This approach has become a necessary component of successful business practice, helping managers turn abstract concepts into everyday tools that grow business while minimizing risk.

  • CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • SECTION I:The Why and How of Design Thinking
    • CHAPTER ONE: WHY DESIGN?
    • CHAPTER TWO: FOUR QUESTIONS,TEN TOOLS
  • SECTION II: What is?
    • CHAPTER THREE: VISUALIZATION
    • CHAPTER FOUR: JOURNEY MAPPING
    • CHAPTER FIVE: VALUE CHAIN ANALYSIS
    • CHAPTER SIX: MINDMAPPING
  • SECTION III: What if?
    • CHAPTER SEVEN: BRAINSTORMING
    • CHAPTER EIGHT: CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT
  • SECTION IV: What wows?
    • CHAPTER NINE: ASSUMPTION TESTING
    • CHAPTER TEN: RAPID PROTOTYPING
  • SECTION V: What works?
    • CHAPTER ELEVEN: CUSTOMER CO-CREATION
    • CHAPTER TWELVE: LEARNING LAUNCH
  • SECTION VI: Leading Growth and Innovationin Your Organization
  • APPENDIX
    • THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT AIDS
    • CNVC’S LIST OF UNIVERSAL HUMAN NEEDS
    • FURTHER READING
  • NOTES
  • ABOUT THE AUTHORS

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