Design thinking is when you think out of the box. Lets say there is 3 doors. What will you take?door 1? or maybe door 2? or you can be a design thinker and take the door you came in and leave. Its exploring new alternatives that are not right in front of you. Design thinking is successful because it focuses on the user and there needs. It helps you understand the context and the culture of things.
There are 5 steps to help you with design thinking: empathize,define,ideate, and prototype. Empathize is getting to understand the problem at hand and to help better comprehend what is needed . Define is when you analyze all the info you got from the first step. Ideate is when you try to Imagine the solution and be creative in finding out one. Prototype is when you actually create a prototype of your solution.The last step is texting you prototype to see if it works.Theses steps will make you a better design thinker and it will also help you in your daily life.