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Re:Why Design Thinking Works by fishtank on Sunday December 16, 2018 @07:28PM (#18696120)
Basically: research, hypothesize, prototype, test, iterate, deliver. It's not new, but here we are with new terminology.

It is good because if you're a design firm you sometimes need an HBR-approved buzzword to get your client, the VP of Marketing, to let you do any kind of user research. But ultimately, like any business concept used primarily to sell in client work and justify it up the ladder, it will be replaced by "whatever the stakeholder wants" when push comes to shove.

Re:Why Design Thinking Works by byandyphillips on Monday December 17, 2018 @01:36PM (#18700936)
Sorry, but you completely missed the mark on this one. Are you in UX or have you led design thinking sessions? It's successful because the product stops being something the designer created and starts being a product the whole team created. It gives everyone, no matter your role, a voice in the product and the creativity to build what you think the product should be.
Re:Why Design Thinking Works by jonshariat on Monday December 17, 2018 @01:51PM (#18701072)
It also centers the process, meaning how problems and solutions are validated, on your users.
Re:Why Design Thinking Works by virgilp on Monday December 17, 2018 @05:09AM (#18697995)
How's that different than "lean startup" ?
Re:Why Design Thinking Works by fsloth on Monday December 17, 2018 @06:17AM (#18698253)
If you are working for an established consultancy and selling for example a marketing project to a large incumbent I don't really think there is obvious place to sell you services using the term "startup".