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If you are a manager who is: 1. struggling with business growth 2. stuck with trying to create the next great product or service ...but don't want the hassles of appointing consultants to…
Cold Masks Late last year, the world (except probably Japan) would not have imagined that in a few months, they would not be able to see full faces in public. And yet, now most people…
Jane Elliott: image Heard of Jane Elliott? She's an American schoolteacher and an anti-racism activist. She is especially famous for her truly visionary "Blue Eyes-Brown Eyes" exercise that she conducted in her classroom, 50…
Vertical Stapler Image: source Over the years, I've found myself wanting to staple certain paper prototypes in a particular way. The standard stapler would not allow it though. One early need I found for a…
I recently saw this video of a ENGESA Mercedes truck. Something obviously very fascinating about it. So I thought I'd attempt to recreate it in some way, using Lego. This is a quick, crude first…
Soap Dispenser Design This here is an ancient shampoo dispenser that broke last month. It was a crappy design for a few reasons. Firstly, because of how the…
Beer'ing Global Burdens Consider the amount of plastic we use in our lives. Getting rid of a lot of it seems like quite a challenge, considering how dependent we and businesses have become on it.…
Random picture of an old Honda car Airbags and the Height of Drivers About a month ago, Honda introduced a new concept airbag for their vehicles. The challenge for them, was protecting drivers from angular…
My 9 Step Version of the Design Thinking Process This post about my 9-step version of the design thinking process has been long overdue. It is already explained in my book, ‘Design the Future’, but…
Common problems startups face - A Design thinking outlook I have been directly associated with startups since 2006. That's when I started my career as a member of a venture capital investment team. All the…
Killer Design What comes to mind when you think of possible consequences of bad design? Of a badly designed product or service? You might think the product generates less revenues. Or a rise in the…
The Mortal Risk of Riding Shotgun in an Autonomous Vehicle Source: link We live in strange times. And in interesting and amusing times. A recent article I read, spoke about how most automotive manufacturers are…
What qualifies as true innovation? The word 'innovation' does get passed around a lot nowadays. From large businesses to startups and perhaps even consultants like myself. If you take a moment to think about it,…
Source: https://sobify.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/orange-anti-crime-balls.jpg Anti-crime colour balls Imagine you are a store manager, and a masked thief has you at gun or knife-point, asking you to empty the cash into his or her bag. How would you…
Changing User Behaviour I am currently reading the book Hooked, and happened to read something very important. I shared the excerpt with a design thinking group I am administrator of. The snippet read: John Gourville,…