Design Thinking for Sustainable Transformation: An Analysis Framework for Practitioners

Authors

  • Irma Lindt Cologne Institute for Digital Ecosystems, Technische Hochschule Köln, Gummersbach
  • Wolfgang Gräther Computer Science, Hochschule Furtwangen University, Furtwangen

Abstract

Design Thinking is an approach to develop innovative solutions for challenging goals and problems with particular considerations of human needs. According to its openness to many problem areas it has a huge number of application possibilities. However, practitioners might not be aware which challenging problem might benefit from design thinking. To support them this paper presents a two-step analysis framework consisting of an identification sheet for design thinking and a method canvas. During the development process our analysis framework has been evaluated in some design challenges and in many workshops on design thinking.

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I. Lindt, W. Gräther, "Design Thinking for Sustainable Transformation: An Analysis Framework
for Practitioners", Engineering Intelligent Systems, vol. 32 no. 1, pp. 25-33, 2024.




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2024-01-01

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Vol. 32 No. 1 (2024): International Journal of Engineering Intelligent Systems

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