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Leading design thinking

Leading design thinking

From the course: Learning Design Thinking: Lead Change in Your Organization

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Leading design thinking

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There are many kinds of leaders. Some are guides integrated into the team, some lead many efforts, and others have very large teams. Regardless of where you are, there are four abilities good design thinking leaders practice to help their teams stay in the flow of effective, creative problem-solving. Understanding these abilities is crucial to developing your design-thinking leadership. The first is framing the problem and reframing it. This means being able to go from the details available right now to the long view and having the confidence to let the details reframe the problem or use the long view to reframe how the details are being approached. This skill is being able to hold several perspectives: the business strategy, the human needs, and the organization's needs in mind and fluidly integrate them into how the problem is being explored so they can guide and shape rather than shut down creative exploration. If there's one tactic to keep in mind, it's make suggestions and bring…

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