A presentation accompanying a paper* presented at EAD 2009 conference in Aberdeen, Scotland. We're trying to develop a theory why "design thinking" works in practice, and what may be its limits. The idea is that "design thinking" has similarities to a general class of algorithms known as evolutionary algorithms, and some comparisons can be made.
* Korhonen, J. M. & Hassi, L. (2009). Design Thinking Unpacked: An Evolutionary Algorithm. In Proceedings of the Eight European Academy of Design International Conference, 261-265. Aberdeen, UK.
2. in this presentation
- why design thinking works
- when does it work
- what does it mean in practice
3. “Design thinking”-like approach
in practice is defined here as:
- multidisciplinary teams
- human-centred exploration
- fast and iterative prototyping
(process perspective; Jahnke 2009)
47. In short, design thinking-like
approaches may be
theoretically near-optimum
strategies when the fitness
landscape is rough-correlated
48. In short, design thinking-like
approaches may be
theoretically near-optimum
strategies when the fitness
landscape is rough-correlated
(that is, in most cases)
49. Could we estimate the proper
exploratory/exploitative
(inductive/deductive) mix in
actual projects?
50. Could we estimate the proper
exploratory/exploitative
(inductive/deductive) mix in
actual projects?
Could this affect resource
planning?