{"id":16826,"date":"2022-04-11T05:21:58","date_gmt":"2022-04-11T05:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.soil.edu.in\/?p=16826"},"modified":"2022-04-11T05:21:58","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T05:21:58","slug":"stages-of-design-thinking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soil.edu.in\/blog\/stages-of-design-thinking\/","title":{"rendered":"Stages of Design Thinking"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>\n.inner-pic {\n    display: none;\n}\n.blog-pic {\n    width: 100%;\n    float: left;\n    text-align: center;\n}\n.blog-pic img {\n    width: 70% !important;\n}\n.new_blog_section p strong {\n    font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book', arial;\nfont-weight: 900;\n}\n.new_blog_section ul li strong {\n    font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book', arial;\nfont-weight: 900;\n}\n.new_blog_section p a {\n    color: #008037;\n}\n.text-new {\n    width: 100%;\n    float: left;\n}\n.new_blog_section .new_blog_right_sidebar ol li {\n    background-image: none !important;\n    list-style-type: decimal;\n    display: list-item !important;\n    padding: 0px 0px 15px 10px !important;\n}\n.new_blog_section .new_blog_right_sidebar ol {\n    padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px;\n    margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n.blog_wrapper_full .one_column {\n    padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\n    margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n.pic-new {\n    width: 100%;\n    text-align: center;\n}\n.pic-new img {\n    width: 100% !important;\n}\n.new_blog_section h6 a {\n    color: #008037;\n}\n.text-new1 {\n    width: 100%;\n    float: left;\n    font-size: 25px !important;\n    text-align: center;\n\tmargin: 20px 0px 20px 0px !important;\n}\n.new_blog_section .one_column.pb_2 li a {\n    color: #008037;\n}\n.content-new1 {\n    padding-bottom: 0px !important;\n}\n.blog-pic1 img {\n    width: 100% !important;\n}\n.one_column.pb_2.list-new li {\n  background-image: url(https:\/\/www.soil.edu.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/tick-icon.png) !important;\n  list-style-type: none;\n  padding: 0px 0px 12px 20px !important;\n  margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px !important;\n}\n.text-new2 {\n  width: 100%;\n  float: left;\n  margin: 20px 0px 0px 0px !important;\n}\n.text-new4 {\n  width: 100%;\n  float: left;\n  text-align: center;\n}\n.block{ display: block !important;}\n<\/style>\n<p>#DesignThinkingShowcase<\/p>\n<div class=\"blog-pic\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.soil.edu.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/stages-of-design-thinking.jpg\" alt=\"Stages of Design Thinking\" title=\"Stages of Design Thinking\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Design thinking  &#8211; l&rsquo;outil extraordinaire \u2013 an extraordinary tool. Some even go so far as to  call it a way of life that facilitates businesses, develops the mind and makes innovative  thinkers.<\/p>\n<p>Design Thinking  has five conceptual stages &#8211; Empathise, define, ideate, prototype and test. This  simplistic algorithm has spawned countless innovations that fit inconspicuously  into lives for the better.<\/p>\n<p>I recently got  the opportunity to attend SOIL&rsquo;s flagship design fest Aakaar \u2013 Manesar Design  Festival, where eminent practitioners of Design Thinking taught us Design Thinking  in action, in corporations and in social enterprises. Those practitioners have  successfully redesigned and applied the algorithm in so many different ways  that it begs the question of what might the underlying principles be.<\/p>\n<p>The principle of  skilful questioning comes to mind first. The root of a problem lies within a  thicket of unchallenged assumptions. No person can ever truly escape its burden  unless they dare to question what&rsquo;s in front of them. After all, the first  stage of design thinking is to empathise. Empathy demands that you draw out and  fully understand the perspective of whomever you are designing for by asking  the right questions.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, the  invisible problem in any design thinking project is named such, not because it  isn&rsquo;t real but because one doesn&rsquo;t see it yet. Questioning and reframing your  understanding of what&rsquo;s in front of you chops away any dense confusion. Through  skilful questioning, one discerns the correct context of a situation.<\/p>\n<p>The second  principle is discipline. Humans fear uncertainty because it implies discomfort.  In this regard, all successful practitioners share a palpable fixedness of  mind. These practitioners can endure the pressure of exploring the unknown when  defining and ideating. A grave error budding design thinkers make is to jump  into finding solutions prematurely. The siren of solution seduces the brave  ideator with a false promise of safety. The immediate solution always feels  close. Like a child grabbing a delicious treat, brave ideators arrive at false  solutions.<\/p>\n<p>The third  principle is careful patience and repetition. Do you have the courage to endure  failure? Are you willing to return to the drawing board if your prototype  fails? Will you redefine your problem when your solution solves nothing? Does  conflict with your team and stakeholders scare you? Finding the right design is  a bit like unscrewing a nail. With the right effort, the screw has to come out  even if it takes a thousand turns of the wrench. If instead, you lose your  composure with every turn, you&rsquo;ll snap the nail in half and render the problem  unsolvable.<\/p>\n<p>Design thinking  requires going against the grain and out of one&rsquo;s comfort zone, and in that  context, it is fitting to call it a way of life.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Varun<\/strong><br \/>\nPGDM, Class of 2023<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>#DesignThinkingShowcase Design thinking &#8211; l&rsquo;outil extraordinaire \u2013 an extraordinary tool. Some even go so far as to call it a way of life that facilitates businesses, develops the mind and makes innovative thinkers. Design Thinking has five conceptual stages &#8211; Empathise, define, ideate, prototype and test. 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