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In Designing for Growth: A Design Thinking Tool Kit for Managers (D4G), Jeanne Liedtka and Tim Ogilvie showed how design can boost innovation and drive growth. In this companion guide, also suitable as a stand-alone project workbook, the authors provide a step-by-step framework for applying the D4G toolkit and process to a particular project, systematically explaining how to address the four key questions of their design thinking approach.
List of contents
The Four QuestionsThe StepsStep 1: Identify an OpportunityStep 2: Scope Your ProjectStep 3: Draft Your Design BriefStep 4: Make Your PlansStep 5: Do Your ResearchStep 6: Identify InsightsStep 7: Establish Design CriteriaStep 8: Brainstorm IdeasStep 9: Develop ConceptsStep 10: Create Some Napkin PitchesStep 11: Surface Key AssumptionsStep 12: Make Prototypes 30Step 13: Get Feedback from StakeholdersStep 14: Run Your Learning LaunchesStep 15: Design the On-RampWhat Now? What Next?The ToolsSecondary ResearchDirect ObservationEthnographic InterviewsJob to Be DoneValue Chain AnalysisJourney MappingPersonas360 EmpathyCreating PostersBrainstormingAnchorsBring-Build-Buy MapForced ConnectionsCombinatorial PlayVisualization BasicsStorytellingStoryboarding Co-Creation ToolsTemplates and ResourcesAn Example ProjectAcknowledgements
About the author
Jeanne Liedtka is a professor at the Darden School of Business. Her other books include The Catalyst: How You Can Become an Extraordinary Growth Leader and The Physics of Business Growth. Tim Ogilvie is cofounder and CEO of Peer Insight, an innovation strategy consulting firm based in Washington, D.C. Rachel Brozenske is vice president of Allison Partners, an organizational development consulting practice in Charlottesville, and a lecturer at the Darden School of Business.
