Slides from the May meetup of the https://www.meetup.com/Design-Thinking-Innovation-Collective/

1. Design Thinking and
Innovation Collective

2. Thanks to our Sponsors!

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4. If you could only listen to one band/musical artist for the rest
of your life, who would you choose?
What’s your guilty pleasure TV show/movie/author?
What’s your favorite ice cream flavor?
Question of the day

5. Our goals for this Meetup
Community ImpactSkill building

6. Design Thinking Process
April May June July

7. Tools for Synthesizing Data
Persona Point of View StatementJourney Map

8. "A lot of times the question is harder than
the answer. If you can properly phrase
the question, then the answer is the easy
part.”
-Elon Musk

9. • Why do some people become homeless?
• Why do so many people become homeless?
• Why do some students drop out of school?
• Why do some schools have such high drop out rates?

11. How Might We…

12. I need to design a bridge…

13. How might we design a way to get to the other side?

14. How might we design a way to collaborate with someone on the
other side of the water?

15. Design a better suitcase

16. Design a Better Suitcase

17. Powers of 10

18. Moonshots

19. “Design a better way to arrive at my
destination and have access to clothing
and equipment I need.”

20. How might we design suitcase-less travel?

23. Amazon Go

24. Your Turn!
Think of a product or project you’re working on. How would you
describe the design challenge as its currently scoped?
We need a way to __________
Now try shifting your perspective and zooming out 10X -try using the 5
whys.
How might we?_______ (10X)

25. Change your lens

26. How would ___
solve this?

27. How would each of these professions design a kick ass Bday party?
Preschool teacher JournalistsNASA

28. Your Turn!
At your table, select one of the challenges you created earlier for the
10X exercise (or choose another “How might we” that is relevant to
someone at your table).
Using the same set of professions, brainstorm how each of them would
solve this challenge. (5 minutes)
Choose another prompt and repeat

29. Taking it Home
Photo by Jerry Meaden, Flickr

30. How might you change your frame/change your lens…
In your job? In your community?With your family/friends?

31. "If I had an hour to solve a problem and
my life depended on the solution, I
would spend the first 55 minutes
determining the proper question to ask,
for once I know the proper question, I
could solve the problem in less than five
minutes.”
- Albert Einstein

32. Design Thinking Happy Hour!

33. Thanks to our Sponsors!