Leapfrogging

APRIL 3, 2025

Unlike free-form brainstorming, SCAMPER provides a scaffold framework that guides teams through a wide array of mental shifts. This tool is especially valuable in early-stage ideation, continuous improvement cycles, design thinking workshops, or cross-functional innovation sprints. Lead Successful Innovation Projects!

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InnovationTraining.org

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Learn about this brainstorming technique and find resources below. Sometimes called “negative brainstorming”, “ reverse brainstorming ” is one approach to problem-solving sessions that can be a useful way to explore different options in an innovation or design thinking project.

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Tullio Siragusa

APRIL 11, 2022

Design Thinking the People-centric Modern Organization. Designed thinking can be leveraged to create better and more empathy-based organizations. . Empathy, along with self-awareness are the most important cornerstones of emotional intelligence, and foundational to design thinking. . Who is impacted?

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Tullio Siragusa

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Blueprint for Bouncing Back: A Design Thinking Guide to Unemployment Life’s journey is peppered with unpredictable twists and turns. Creating a structured daily routine that emphasizes self-care, continuous learning, and proactive job-seeking can be a beacon during these times. From there, brainstorming becomes more directed.

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InnovationTraining.org

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Are you interested in learning about the steps of design thinking so you can take action on applying the process? What is design thinking ? Design thinking is a popular approach to getting started with innovation that begins with empathy and understanding the needs of your users or customers.

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Tullio Siragusa

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

AI Meets Design Thinking: Crafting a People-Centric Business Future Imagine this — a customer service agent can deeply empathize with a frustrated customer because an AI assistant analyzed the customer’s tone and background to provide insights ahead of time. The agent knows just how to console them — that’s the future we can build.

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InnovationTraining.org

MARCH 30, 2022

Learn how to generate more and better ideas in this blog. This article is part 5 in a series designed to explore the design thinking process. Vague statements such as, “Customer X likes cars,” don’t do much to inform your design thinking. So in this circle, place all of your team’s brainstorming ideas.

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InnovationTraining.org

DECEMBER 5, 2022

I decided to try to question it about design thinking and what were the most important things to learn. If I wanted to succeed in design thinking, what should I learn or do? Design thinking is a creative approach to problem-solving that involves empathy, collaboration, and experimentation.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 21, 2025

Learn more about how AI can enhance decision-making in our article on ai-driven market research. For more strategies on incorporating AI into your innovation initiatives, visit our article on ai in design thinking. AI-powered tools can assist in brainstorming sessions by providing data-driven insights and suggestions.

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Tullio Siragusa

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Beyond the Daily Grind: How Design Thinking Can Illuminate Your Life’s Purpose In the hustle and bustle of our daily lives, it’s easy to get caught up in the routine, to lose sight of what truly matters to us, and to wonder if there’s more to life than the daily grind. This is where the concept of “purpose” comes into play.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Introduction to Design Thinking Design Thinking is a non-linear, iterative process that teams use to understand users, challenge assumptions, redefine problems, and create innovative solutions to prototype and test. What is Design Thinking?

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Introduction to Design Thinking Design Thinking is a methodology used by designers to solve complex problems and find desirable solutions for clients. A design mindset is not problem-focused, it’s solution-focused and action-oriented towards creating a preferred future.

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InnovationTraining.org

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

I’ve been interested in the growing space of self-assessments for design thinking and innovation. I was curious to see if our AI tool could create a self-assessment people could take to assess themselves on their design thinking behaviors, mindset and practices.

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Leapfrogging

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Like, if you’re looking to reach more folks, putting some fresh thinking into how to tap into new audiences could make a big splash. For a deeper dive into mixing creativity with planning, have a look at our article on using design thinking to shape your game plan.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Embracing the Evolution: AI Meets Design Thinking The intersection of artificial intelligence and design thinking is poised to redefine the landscape of innovation and strategy. What is Design Thinking?

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InnovationTraining.org

MARCH 25, 2022

Let’s review the three stages of this design thinking framework. This article is part 3 in a series designed to explore the design thinking process. Click the link here to read through Part 1: What is Design Thinking and Part 2: Attitudes That Hurt Design Thinking & How to Change Them. .

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InnovationTraining.org

DECEMBER 12, 2022

We offer our design thinking certificate programs in partnership with an organization, university, or other institution. Our design thinking certificate courses are designed and delivered for varying lengths, settings, group sizes and can be a combination of in-person and virtual experiences for different purposes.

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InnovationTraining.org

JUNE 14, 2022

Learn about some of the most popular activities and exercises for design thinking. Here at Innovation Training, we’ve spent over a decade studying and applying design thinking techniques to help organizations and individuals create real, innovative change. Brainstorming. Interviews. Customer journey maps.

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InnovationTraining.org

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

In today’s article, we’ll share some of our favorite templates that you can use with FigJam to build out your own innovation or design thinking events, workshops, and meetings. It helps you think about their interests, goals, needs, pain points, and more. Learn more about building user personas on our blog.

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Idea to Value

JULY 21, 2017

But I would also recommend the following books: 8 – Effective Brainstorming. What is it: Every company knows about brainstorming. And this isn’t necessarily their fault, as most professional brainstorming facilitators are using rules which were first introduced in the 1950s and have long since been proven to be ineffective.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 4, 2024

Introduction to Design Thinking Design thinking has become a cornerstone methodology in the worlds of innovation, business strategy, and product development. Design thinking involves five key phases: Empathize : Understanding the human needs involved.

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Idea to Value

JULY 13, 2021

While many innovation experts focus on helping individuals learn techniques to come up with more ideas, like brainstorming or design thinking, the most valuable skill is being able to select which ideas to focus on based on the value they will deliver. Psychological Safety.

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InnovationTraining.org

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

An exploration of resources and advice for design thinking in education. Design thinking is a unique learning and problem solving mindset that we highly recommend to innovation-minded organizations and businesses. Tapping into empathy is critical in the design thinking process.

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InnovationTraining.org

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Find out what the round robin brainstorming technique is and how to utilize it below. We’ve talked about brainstorming and ideation many times before, and that’s because it is an essential part of the innovation and design thinking process. What is Round Robin brainstorming? . Brainstorming rules.

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InnovationTraining.org

MAY 26, 2020

These top ideation and brainstorming templates from Miro can be used with your team remotely or in the same room. Interested in templates for brainstorming that you can even use with a team online? In this guide we will share some of the most popular brainstorming frameworks. Learn more about the template on our blog.

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InnovationTraining.org

JULY 18, 2022

These top Jeanne Liedtka’s books are a great source of information on innovation and design thinking. Design thinking books continue to be a popular topic on our blog, as many find them a useful way to learn about innovation and how to apply these techniques to organizational or personal challenges.

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mjvinnovation

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Continue reading to understand what Design Thinking is and how DT tools can be the turning point for your business! What is Design Thinking. When we talk about Design Thinking , we are referring primarily to the way designers think. What are some Design thinking tools ?

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InnovationTraining.org

JANUARY 10, 2023

In this article we will: Explore how we can use VR (virtual reality) during the different steps of the design thinking process. Teach you how to design a VR workshop using an app called Zoe Immersive. Design Thinking Process & VR. VR & Design Thinking Limitations. Know your participants.

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InnovationTraining.org

MARCH 19, 2020

Discover how this innovation tool can be used for your design thinking workshop or design sprint. Time and time again we have seen this tool mentioned as one of the best collaborative brainstorming and virtual whiteboard tools available. We’ve also featured on our list of top design thinking software tools.

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IdeaScale

DECEMBER 7, 2021

If you want to learn more about collaboration and innovation, check out our article on design thinking. Enables Tiered Thinking: The different tiers of mind maps create solid context and comprehensible branches so you can review any level of your solution at a glance. Overcome Creative Blocks. Conclusion.

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InnovationTraining.org

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Examples of design thinking and human-centered design in the medical devices and pharmaceutical industries. Through the use of methodologies like design thinking and human-centered design, hospitals and other medical organizations have been able to better serve their patients and address specific problems or needs.

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InnovationTraining.org

APRIL 28, 2020

Design Thinking Coaching: 1on1 or Group. We can connect you to an excellent design thinking coach who can help you apply design thinking in your own work, with your teams, and within your organization. Just send us an email at coaching@innovationtraining.org to learn more about the options.

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Tullio Siragusa

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Transforming Your Business with Bottom-Up Management: The Design Thinking Way In the ever-evolving landscape of modern business, a significant shift is occurring from traditional top-down management to a more inclusive and innovative strategy: bottom-up management. Benefits This approach leads to increased engagement and motivation.

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Idea to Value

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Topics covered in this episode: 00:01:15 the foundational work of Alex Osborn, who invented brainstorming and then the Creative Problem Solving process, which had been validated by more than 150 research studies. 00:02:45 why “brainstorming” had got such a bad reputation, and why companies do it wrong.

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Gregg Fraley

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

Innovation is Learning. For many years I kept the concepts of innovation and learning in separate boxes. I thought innovation was creating new things of value, and, learning was understanding new things. I now believe that learning and innovation are joined at the hip. I always suspected there was a closer connection.

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Tullio Siragusa

AUGUST 15, 2022

Recession Proof Your Business the Design Thinking Way. With some strategic Design Thinking methodologies, you can protect your business from falling apart and improve it so you can grow. What Is Design Thinking? Design Thinking assists organizations in creating value for people.

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Rmukesh Gupta

DECEMBER 28, 2017

I was invited by the organising team of the Society for Technical Communication’s India chapter conference to introduce the concepts of Design thinking to the participants. Here is the recording of the experience we delivered for the participants.

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