Design and Innovation Mindset: A Critical Analysis of Design Thinking and Core Competency

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Innovation and Design mindset
Exploring the new ways and concepts to
mitigate the found issues.
Indulged with the divergent thinking and
supporting ideas to promote innovation (Frow,
Nenonen, Payne, and Storbacka, 2015).
Design and innovation in developed
thinking process
•It assists users to accomplish the set goals in
effective way.
•Developing divergent and creative process
cycle.
•It keeps the users one step ahead of others
(Norman, and Verganti, 2014).
Process of design thinking in
innovation
•It starts with the issues, framing solution,
understand and developing creative ideas
to mitigate the problems.
•It is supported by the critical analytical
thinking.
•It is developed and framed by the insight
thinking and coherent ideas. (Carlgren,
Rauth, & Elmquist, 2016).
Core competency of design
mindset
• Carlgren, L., Rauth, I., & Elmquist, M. (2016).
Framing design thinking: The concept in idea
and enactment. Creativity and Innovation
Management, 25(1), 38-57.
• Norman, D.A. and Verganti, R., 2014.
Incremental and radical innovation: Design
research vs. technology and meaning change.
Design issues, 30(1), pp.78-96.
• Frow, P., Nenonen, S., Payne, A. and
Storbacka, K., 2015. Managing co‐creation
design: A strategic approach to innovation.
British Journal of Management, 26(3), pp.463-
483.
• Glen, R., Suciu, C., & Baughn, C. (2014). The
need for design thinking in business schools.
Academy of Management Learning &
Education, 13(4), 653-667.
• Fischer, M. (2015). Design it! Solving
sustainability problems by applying design
thinking. GAIA-Ecological Perspectives for
Science and Society, 24(3), 174-178.
• It keeps the persons one step ahead.
• Assists in creating core competency in
achieving the desired goal and
objectives.
• It helps users to develop coherent and
divergent thinking.
• It keeps the thinking process and plans
one step ahead of others (Glen, Suciu, &
Baughn, 2014).
References
Critical analysis of design thinking
• Supported with the empathize,
define, ideate, prototype and test
• All the stages are accompanied
with the innovative intents.
• It push users to tap the work one
step ahead to gain the innovative
knowledge (Fischer, 2015).
Design innovation process