The document discusses the design thinking approach for social innovation. It describes design thinking as a user-centered approach that develops solutions grounded in user needs through prototyping and an iterative process. Design thinking incorporates consumer insights and improvisation. It was initially adopted by businesses and is now increasingly used by non-profits. Design thinking follows a non-linear process of inspiration, ideation, and implementation to develop solutions that usually only work locally. It emphasizes empathy, intuition, and emotion over rational analysis. The document raises questions about whether design thinking's standardized approach and toolkits can truly develop appropriate solutions for the developing world or if it risks imposing external solutions.

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Design Thinking
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by Jawwad Zaidi
Stanford Social Innovation Review 2010

2. The Authors
Jocelyn Wyatt
Industrial Designer, Co-lead and
Executive Director of IDEO.org
Author: ‘Design thinking for Social
Innovation’
Tim Brown
Industrial Designer , CEO and
President of IDEO.
Author of ‘Change by Design’ (2009)

3. Keywords
social innovationl design thinkingl functionalityl
ideationl implementationlinspirationlcommunity
prototypingl improvisationl local solutionsl
emotionall intuitionl empathyl multi-
disciplinaryl

4. The Design Thinking Approach
A user-centered approach
SOLUTIONS are grounded in user-needs

5. The Design Thinking Approach
Incorporation of
Consumer Insight, experience
IMPROVISATION
Prototyping: iterative process

6. The Design Thinking Approach
Initially adopted by
Businesses
Increasingly adopted by Non-Profit Organizations

7. The Design Thinking Approach
‘Positive Deviance’
coined by Jerry Sternin, Tufts University
factors that remain positive in a given situation
DISCOVER SOLUTIONS among locals

8. The Design Thinking Approach
SOLUTIONS usually only work in local
context

9. The Design Thinking Approach
Origin of IDEO: 1991
David Kelly Design
+ID2
2001break from traditional realm of design

10. The Design Thinking Approach
Shifting of focus from Look and Functionality
to a broader approach, encompassing systems

11. The Design Thinking Approach
HUMAN, intuitive process
Emotional Meaning
given preference over Rational Overanalysis

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Inspiration
Implementation
Ideation
Non-linear
often looping
process

13. The Design Thinking Approach
Henry Ford:
“ If I’d asked my customers what they wanted,
they’d have said: ‘a faster horse’.”

14. The Design Thinking Approach
well-constructed BRIEF
neither too abstract nor too specific
EMPATHY with stakeholder
Kara Pecknold, RWANDA – IDEO Toolkit

15. The Design Thinking Approach
IDEATION
synthesis of
field observations and
market research
= INSIGHTS
“To have a good idea, you must first have lots of ideas”
-Linus Pauling

16. The Design Thinking Approach
IDEATION
Brainstorming
defer judgement
Crowd-sourcing of ideas
InnoCentive

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IMPLEMENTATION
PROTOTYPING
may not be close to final product
Graphics
or
Blood Donation

18. The Design Thinking Approach
IMPLEMENTATION
Storytelling
Communication strategy
for solution
Impediments:
acceptance of idea of failure

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######!Questions!######
The Design Thinking Approach
Is a ‘formula’ approach as dictated in the
‘IDEO toolkit’ a truly viable solution for the
developing world, or is it a cavalier attempt to
repackage externalized solutions?
Does design thinking appropriate
existing local knowledge only to provide an
imposed solution that may not be readily
accepted by the local population?

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