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Category: Design Thinking
Gonski: Politics versus education
I was watching Simon Birmingham – the Minister for Education – on the news the other morning. He was talking about a whole whack of new Gonski review findings, and how the government will be supporting those findings, albeit with their own governmental twist in implementation. As I listened to what Simon was saying, I…
Business sentiment doesn’t matter… consumer sentiment does
I was watching the news this morning, when the ever predictable financial reports came in from so-called experts. This is normally the point at which my wife is telling me to calm down because I am yelling at these experts professing my disgust at their insights. This morning though, what they were saying took the…
Disruption for disruption sake
Recently, I read about a new disruptor in China that was looking to become the new Uber… of umbrellas. At first, I thought “wow!”, this is a pretty novel idea. It’s unique, it is something in demand when certain things happen (it starts to rain), and it’s a pretty simple concept that should be relatively…
Problem solving through design thinking
Buzzy-lingo aside, design thinking is not a new concept. People have been using the basic concepts of more human-centric design to solve problems for a long time, mostly without realising it. It honestly makes the most sense to design anything this way – when you think about it. Think about a cabinet maker. A job…