Learning about the five stages of design thinking will empower you and allow you to apply the methodology to your work and solve complex problems that occur in our companies, our countries, and across the world.ĭesign thinking is a non-linear, iterative process that can have anywhere from three to seven phases, depending on whom you talk to. It’s extremely useful when used to tackle complex problems that are ill-defined or unknown-because it serves to understand the human needs involved, reframe the problem in human-centric ways, create numerous ideas in brainstorming sessions and adopt a hands-on approach to prototyping and testing. Design thinking is a methodology which provides a solution-based approach to solving problems.
