Some of the world’s leading brands, such as Apple, Google and Samsung, rapidly adopted the design thinking approach, and leading universities around the world teach the related methodology—including Stanford, Harvard, Imperial College London and the Srishti Institute in India. Before you incorporate design thinking into your own workflows, you need to know what it is and why it’s so popular. Here, we’ll cut to the chase and tell you what design thinking is all about and why it’s so in demand.
In essence, design thinking:
Revolves around a deep interest to understand the people for whom we design products and services.
Helps us observe and develop empathy with the target users.
Enhances our ability to question: in design thinking you question the problem, the assumptions and the implications.
Proves extremely useful when you tackle problems that are ill-defined or unknown.
Involves ongoing experimentation through sketches, prototypes, testing and trials of new concepts and ideas. - Interaction Design Foundation
To be a design thinker you have to understand everything these words mean. Make up your ideas and find out more about your subject. Tackle your issues and understand the real problem.