Leanne Sobel

Leanne Sobel
University of Technology Sydney | UTS · UTS Business School

Master of Management
PhD researcher exploring design practices in strategy practice.

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Introduction
I began my career as a visual communication designer and progressed into design education and design management roles. I developed an interest in the emerging field of design thinking, which inspired me to pursue a master of management. This led me to undertake a research project investigating the role of design thinking in Australia, which marked the beginning of my career as a researcher and practitioner exploring the application of design practices in management contexts.

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Publications (14)
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We explore the integration of design into strategy practices with a particular focus on the role and value of designers in developing innovative strategies. Despite the growing recognition of design practices and particularly design thinking for fostering innovative strategies, we still need to learn more about how designers contribute to strategy...
Conference Paper
We explore the integration of design into strategy practices with a particular focus on the role and value of designers in developing innovative strategies. Despite the growing recognition of design practices and particularly design thinking for fostering innovative strategies, we still need to learn more about how designers contribute to strategy...
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Global environmental and social challenges are forcing organisations to reconsider how to generate value and growth. As customers seek value beyond satisfying personal needs toward societal concerns and capital markets support firms with a social purpose, the meaning of creating sustainable strategic advantage is challenged. Over the last decade, m...
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Design innovation practice is becoming commonplace in organizations seeking to build innovation capability. However, current efforts are often falling short in changing the way people work because of an over-emphasis on design methods and less emphasis on building a design innovation mindset. Understanding and adopting the more profound attributes...
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While knowledge of design thinking (DT) processes and familiarity with its tools can be achieved relatively quickly, few educational programs foster a DT mindset. This study examines the effect of an experiential DT learning environment on the development of a DT mindset. We analyse the extent to which key attributes of a DT mindset are understood,...
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This case study reflects on the role of design thinking mindsets in building design thinking capability within professional services consultancies. The nine design thinking mindset attributes developed by Schweitzer et. al (2016) formed the basis of five engagements with consultancies including workshops and semi-structured interviews. Data collect...
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Design thinking and human-centred design is often discussed and utilised by teams and organisations seeking to develop more optimal, effective or innovative solutions for better customer outcomes. In the healthcare sector the opportunity presented by the practice of human-centred design and design thinking in the pursuit of better patient outcomes...
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In this paper, we provide a comprehensive assessment of the design thinking mindset. First, we review the design and management literature to identify and define key cognitive and behavioural components of a design thinking mindset, before we report our initial findings from 15 in-depth interviews with innovation managers in Australia and Germany w...
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In this paper, we provide a comprehensive assessment of the design thinking mindset. First, we review the design and management literature to identify and define key cognitive and behavioural components of a design thinking mindset, before we report our initial findings from 15 in-depth interviews with innovation managers in Australia and Germany w...
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The struggle to bring design thinking to the Australian continent encapsulates some issues that should be familiar to us all.
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Design thinking has been explored internationally as a tool for business seeking innovation as documented by influential authors, practitioners and scholars across business, design, governments and academia. However, the adoption of design thinking in Australia appears to be lagging in comparison with those practising and investigating it globally....

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