As someone who had never taken a d.school class, when I heard the words “design thinking” they seemed to conjure a single image of rainbow Post-its. On the Post-its floated buzzwords that meant little ...

AMSTERDAM -- On a typical Tuesday morning in the 8e Montessori School in the north of Amsterdam, two boys let out a cheer. They've just flicked a switch on their prototype river clean-up device, ...

In the early 2000s something new appeared on the education scene, adapted from the worlds of innovation and business where it was developed. It was called, simply and descriptively, design thinking.

The “d.school,” or Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford University, to use the formal name that no one at Stanford ever does, sits in a newish building just behind the main Quad, ...

Here you will learn more about the concentrations DTI is connected with and the additional courses we offer. For recommendations on course across the curriculum that integrate design and hands-on ...

Apply foresight tools such as scenario planning, backcasting, and systems mapping. Collaborate on creative problem-solving through storytelling, design, and strategic thinking. Communicate complex ...

Over the years the question of what makes some companies, and the people within, more or less creative than others has been studied ad nauseam. The idea of innovation within business has long been ...

At most colleges and universities, there are hundreds of different majors for students to chose from–all in hopes of preparing the student for a future job and career. And most schools still operate ...

That’s the question behind the grand opening of the Design Thinking Initiative’s new space in Capen Annex Tuesday, March 8, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The event includes lunch, music and some ...

An approach that promised to democratize design may have done the opposite. When Kyle Cornforth first walked into IDEO’s San Francisco offices in 2011, she felt she had entered a whole new world. At ...

Do you know what design thinking is? Your answer to that question will depend largely on where you sit. Design thinking is often centrally associated with the fabled design and consulting firm IDEO, ...

Design thinking is on the way in, and liberal arts colleges are on the way out. Skim the headlines of today’s higher education news, and it would be hard to avoid these impressions. IDEO Executive ...