Understanding Design Mindset: Innovation Through Visual Research

This assignment is a poster presentation which visually explores the concept of a 'design mindset' within the context of innovation, based on academic and practitioner literature. It highlights the importance of design thinking in staying ahead, fostering core competencies, and promoting both coherent and divergent thinking. The poster outlines the design and innovation process, emphasizing empathy, definition, ideation, prototyping, and testing, all crucial stages supported by innovative intents. It critically analyzes design thinking's role in effective goal accomplishment, creative process development, and maintaining a competitive edge. The core competency of the design innovation process mindset involves issue framing, solution development, and creative idea generation, supported by critical analytical thinking and coherent insights. The references cited emphasize the importance of design thinking in business and its impact on innovation management.

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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