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Design Thinking

Tools and tips about design thinking for education and organizations such as mind maps, brainstorming, six thinking hats, TRIZ, SCAMPER, starbursting, and more.

decision-making
Design Thinking

Five Steps to Achieve a Reliable Decision-Making Process

06/11/2015 - by Rafiq Elmansy

Decision making has never been an easy process for designers. A designer’s daily work involves taking many decisions that can affect the whole project starting from communicating with the client needs and requirements, choosing the materials and design specification for …

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triz method problem solving
Design Thinking

Using the TRIZ Method for Creative Problem Solving

06/04/201512/23/2015 - by Rafiq Elmansy

During the conflict and problems time in an organization, projects, at times, seem to be blocked from moving forward. At this crucial time, innovative and creative solutions are required to help the project survive through this difficult time. Problem-solving methods …

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brain storming
Design Thinking

How to Run a Successful Brainstorming Session

05/25/2015 - by Rafiq Elmansy

Many companies and practitioners believe that brainstorming and creative thinking can help companies and teams to focus on their objective and find creative solutions for existing problems. However, many brainstorming sessions fail and do not provide any sufficient results. This …

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mind map template
Design Thinking

Designorate Mind Map Template

05/14/201512/29/2015 - by Designorate Team

In a previous article, we covered mind mapping as one of the effective tools to organize and visualize ideas during brainstorming sessions. Mind mapping can be used in the educational, business and personal domains. While there are many digital tools …

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mind map art
Design Thinking

How to Use Mind Mapping for Better Thinking

04/21/201504/21/2015 - by Rafiq Elmansy

During brainstorming meetings and problem-solving sessions, many outputs are shared and presented in fractals. Many of the design thinking methods we discussed aims to direct the attendees thinking towards a specific flow in order to achieve creativity or find innovative …

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scamper problem solving
Design Thinking

A Guide to the SCAMPER Technique for Creative Thinking

04/10/201504/07/2016 - by Rafiq Elmansy

Creative thinking and problem-solving are essential parts of the design process to turn ideas into innovation and break the barriers against creativity. One of the successful methods used in creative thinking is the SCAMPER technique. While there are different creative …

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problem solving
Design Thinking

Problem Solving Using Hurson’s Production Thinking Model

03/27/2015 - by Rafiq Elmansy

The ability to solve problems is one of the essential strong points inside successful organizations. Seeing the success of a companies’ innovation and creativity does not mean that everything went perfect during the production time. Each creative process or innovation …

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swot analysis model
Design Thinking

SWOT Analysis: Exploring Innovation and Creativity within Organizations

03/23/201504/07/2016 - by Rafiq Elmansy

Innovation and creativity are considered by many strategists a key factor of business success and prosperity. However, only one from six ideas achieve the goal and return profit to the organization. How to determine the potential success in innovative ideas? …

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Design Thinking

Design Thinking Tools: Reverse Brainstorming

03/06/201504/07/2016 - by Rafiq Elmansy

Many tools and techniques involve the design thinking process such as mind maps, brain dumps, group discussion, SWOT analysis, reversed brainstorming and others. Each of these tools has its own strong points that qualify it to reach innovative solutions or …

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Lego Serious Play
Design Thinking

Using Lego Serious Play as a Design Thinking Tool

01/23/201512/23/2015 - by Rafiq Elmansy

Lego bricks extend their role as a play toy to contribute to design thinking inside large organizations through the Lego Serious Play tool. Design thinking is an essential process for companies who would like to lead the market through creativity …

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Design Thinking

Top Resources to Learn Design Thinking Online

01/20/201501/20/2015 - by Rafiq Elmansy

Companies such as Apple, Toyota, Virgin and others provide proof that applying design thinking in the innovation process can make changes not only by creating opportunities, but also by building a better future for people by daily problems. These companies …

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design thinking in education
Design Thinking

Can We Apply Design Thinking in Education?

01/13/201512/23/2015 - by Rafiq Elmansy

Many schools claim that their systems support innovation and creativity in the educational process, yet the results indicate a failure to implement the proper methodologies in order to achieve this aim. One of the main reasons for this is the …

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design idea
Design Thinking

How to Evaluate Design Ideas

01/08/201503/23/2015 - by Rafiq Elmansy

Design and innovation play an essential role in today’s business success through fueling an organization’s future with creative ideas that in turn, will help maintain superiority in market competition. Investing in business ventures and start-up ideas are other reason for …

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