Design Thinking and Innovation

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Design thinking and innovation
Report
Student name
6/4/2019

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Executive summary
This is a reflective report in which I will share about my learning and experience during design
thinking workshop. I had enjoyed that workshop and its different modules each week. Every activity is
having a moral to understand the role of design thinking and innovations in professional development
and knowledge development.
This report will include each week and its activity to understand the importance of design
thinking in career development. In this report, an action plan for short terms and long terms will
describe in a later section.

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Table of Contents
Executive summary.....................................................................................................................................1
My Introduction of Report...........................................................................................................................3
Personal Reflection (on knowledge development)......................................................................................3
Personal Reflection (on personal development).........................................................................................5
Action Plan..................................................................................................................................................8
Conclusion...................................................................................................................................................8
References...................................................................................................................................................9

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My Introduction of Report
Design thinking is a process that provides different ideas to understand the problem from a
different point of views to provide a solution to that problem in the desired way (Anderson, 2016).
According to (Brown & Wyatt, 2010), design thinking is a very useful technique to find out the solution
of different problems with the help of mindset, brainstorming, prototypes, and many other approaches.
This report will explain about my learning from different workshops and blog writings. It will explain
about knowledge development and personal development, which will be useful in professionalism.
Personal Reflection (on knowledge development)
During the first week of that design it module, I learnt about innovation, entrepreneurship, and
their interrelated things. In that week, I learnt about expanding the business from small scale to large
scale based on innovation and entrepreneurship. I understand that hard work and knowledge are
helpful to get success and growth in the industry (Tonna, Bjerkholt, & Eimear, 2017). There are many
issues to getting success in the industry. Therefore, an entrepreneur should use innovations for
expanding their business at a high level. Disruptive innovations are highly used to enhance the business
of a company in short terms for high profit. In addition, disruptive innovations are helpful for growth
and success in the market (Thompson & van Vliet, 2018). When we carried out design thinking process
(see photo in blog entry 1, 27th March 2019), I felled that I am creative thinker than previously
thought.”
I learnt that the problem could be easy if we find their different issues from a different point of
view rather than jump on the solutions. To find a proper solution, it is necessary to learn about the
problem from a different point of view then think about the solution. During week fifth, I learnt that
brainstorming is necessary for problem solving. It is the best approach for problem solving, which was
founded by me from that week. In addition, design thinking is helpful in solving different problems using
creative thoughts and innovations. In addition, blog writing is necessary to learn from different activities,
which was held in our past and know about our skills to improve ourselves (Yang, 2009). When we
carried out visualizing persona (see photo in blog entry 4, 4th April 2019), I surprised that I am better in
that work than previously thought.