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author:: Incharaprasad
full title:: How Well Do You Understand the Five Fundamental Steps of Design Thinking?
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Highlights
- In a world where problems are becoming increasingly complex, design thinking offers a structured framework for tackling these issues in a user-centric way.
- This concept is elegantly illustrated through the story of the Washington Monument’s deterioration.
- Design thinking, at its core, embodies a solution-oriented mindset, grounded in empathy and innovation.
- Investigators initially focused on the stone’s composition and environmental factors but failed to find the cause. The breakthrough came when they shifted their perspective and started observing the problem at different times of the day. They noticed an abundance of birds, particularly pigeons, around the monument during the early hours. It turned out, the birds were attracted to the monument because of the large number of spiders — their food source — present at dawn. The birds’ droppings were causing the decay.