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September 9, 2010 What can the business world learn from design-thinking? By: Cooper-Hewitt N. from New York, NY Comments: 5

September 9, 2010

What can the business world learn from design-thinking?

By: Cooper-Hewitt N. from New York, NY
Comments: 5

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Posted By: Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum On: 2/5/2010 2:01:50 PM "By design thinking, Mr Brown means the open-minded, no-holds-barred approach that designers bring to their work, rather than the narrow, technical view of innovation traditionally taught at many business and engineering schools. Firms that think like designers, he claims in a new book, “Change by Design”, stand to win huge new markets and profits. The concept may sound pat and woolly, encompassing everything from savvier marketing to radical technological leaps. Yet design thinking is winning many converts in both industry and philanthropy." Check out the full article here: http://www.economist.com/businessfinance/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15060706
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Posted By: Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum
On: 2/5/2010 2:01:50 PM

"By design thinking, Mr Brown means the open-minded, no-holds-barred approach that designers bring to their work, rather than the narrow, technical view of innovation traditionally taught at many business and engineering schools. Firms that think like designers, he claims in a new book, “Change by Design”, stand to win huge new markets and profits. The concept may sound pat and woolly, encompassing everything from savvier marketing to radical technological leaps. Yet design thinking is winning many converts in both industry and philanthropy." Check out the full article here: http://www.economist.com/businessfinance/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15060706

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On: 4/1/2010 4:43:39 PM

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