Connected Thinking is an evolution of Design Thinking. It brings into the typical design thinking process other real-world forces - such as technology, industry, policy, and nature - and applies it to any type of design issue. In this workshop we will kill the old, outdated Human-Centered-User-Centric–Design–Thinking to create a design philosophy that is meant for today's world of connected devices vs beautifully designed objects. In this workshop you will learn to empathize not only with your human counterparts but with technology, industries, policies, and other forces to realize that they have a real need and desire to evolve and change along with us and they need a designers hand to guide them.