This document introduces design thinking as a human-centered approach to innovation that can be applied to adoption challenges. It discusses key elements of design thinking like being human-centered, creative, iterative and collaborative. Several design thinking tools and methods are presented such as personas, journey mapping, prototyping and testing. The document argues that design thinking focuses on understanding user needs through techniques like ethnography and can help turn reluctant users into advocates for new initiatives through an approach that involves users in developing solutions.