Design Thinking for Managers: Blog Writing and Reflective Report

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Design Thinking for Managers

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Contents
Blog writing.....................................................................................................................................3
Reflective Report...........................................................................................................................13
Introduction................................................................................................................................13
Demonstrate the regular use of a weekly blog...........................................................................13
Self-analysis for understanding personal strength and weakness..............................................15
Ability to devise the action plan for appropriate activities........................................................17
Conclusion.................................................................................................................................18

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Blog writing
Blog 1
Introduction to design thinking .....
The first blog is based upon the week 1, whose main theme is the design thinking within the
main learnings, many units have been introduced along with the assessments, teaching team,
reading materials and the learning resources at the same period.
Main learnings from the week ......
 The main learnings of the blog are evolving around the applications of DT tools.
 It also establishes different mindsets of the designers along with pushing everyone
towards their comfort zone.
Methods to consider the existence of experience and backgrounds ......
The existence experience can be considered with the help of methods for preparing the graduates
for fulfilling their dreams and goals in professional life.
Whether it feels comfortable or not .....
In the case of the core application of DT tools, I find that this is challenging for the students and
it became much uncomfortable for the students.

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Blog 2
Introduction to the design process .....
The second blog is based on week 2, whose main theme is the design process and here we can
see a comparison between the design and business. The design thinking tools and processes have
also been discussed in the blog.
Main learnings from the week ......
 From the week, it can be learnt that many approaches within the design thinking
procedures can solve the ill-defined problems
 Creative problem-solving approaches, skill sets and using new values are also learnt in
this module
Methods to consider the existence of experience and backgrounds ......
The complementation of the analytic perspectives and methods for preparing the graduates and
careers can be considered as the existent backgrounds for securing the experiences.
Whether it feels comfortable or not .....
The students are much comfortable with the ambiguity, messiness, uncertainty, contradictory
information and complexity

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Blog 3
Introduction to the design theory .....
The third blog will be based on the design theory where various theories and models are related
to the DT tools
Main learnings from the week ......
 The basic logic of reasoning along with the basic reasoning pattern can be learnt with the
help of this module
 On the other hand, the design logic along with abductive reasoning and deductive
reasoning has been explained in this week module
Methods to consider the existence of experience and backgrounds ......
The existing experience and backgrounds can be acknowledged with the help of scientific
methods and also the action research methodologies. It consists of the consecutive cycles and the
scientific cycles that consist of planning, observing, reflecting and acting on the same theme.
Whether it feels comfortable or not .....
The students feel comfortable with the research upon the convergent and the divergent thinking
procedures in the future time frame, which can be learnt from this module.

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Blog 4
Introduction to the problem of finding and needs analysis .....
The main portion of the week discusses problem-solving and the problem finding along with
finding the issues with the help of various tools.
Main learnings from the week ......
 The main tools which have been used are the design thinking tool, which is known as
Persona.
 The design thinking principles have been discussed in the study along with problem
finding and problem-solving at the same time.
Methods to consider the existence of experience and backgrounds ......
The existing experience and backgrounds can be measured by solving the problems related to the
DT solutions.
Whether it feels comfortable or not .....
Some of the students feel much comfortable in finding the DT solutions, where everything is
designed each of the design problems are also planned accordingly.