From the course: Learning Design Thinking: Lead Change in Your Organization
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Design thinking mindset
From the course: Learning Design Thinking: Lead Change in Your Organization
Design thinking mindset
- The best design thinking teams and leaders tend to approach hard questions and ambiguity with a mind set of six characteristics. The first, asking "What if?" The first part of the mind set is this welcoming of big ideas and unusual perspectives. Listen for ideas that feed one another. Those classic "Yes, and" moments, where people are working together and their ideas just keep building on each other. And listen for a tone of closing down the discussions. Statement like, "There's no business model for that." Or, "The CEO will never go for it!" The other thing to listen for here is, does your team actively seek outside perspectives? Or are they always going back to the usual suspects every time to gather information? The design thinking mind set really invites unusual perspectives and sees it as an opportunity and a chance to grow. Optimism. Okay, this is a core belief that the team will come up with a great solution and a good attitude in that pursuit. But it's more than just…
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