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Innovation gestalten - Design Thinking als Schlüssel in die Zukunft (Shaping Innovation - Design Thinking as key to the future)

December 2016

Project: Mindset in Design Thinking

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Fachhochschule Vorarlberg

Instituto Superior Manuel Teixeira Gomes

Design Thinking ist eine zukunftsorientierte, nutzerzentrierte Herange-hensweise zur Lösung von hochkomplexen Problemen und Entwicklung von überzeugenden Innovationen. Sie gilt als schlagkräftiger Innovations-treiber in Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft. Dieser Beitrag erläutert die Metho-de und ihren Einsatz im Unternehmen und zeigt auf, wie Design Thinking Kreativität mit Machbarkeit und Nützlichkeit vereint. (Design Thinking is a future-oriented, user-centred approach to find solutions for highly complex problems and to develop compelling innovations. Design Thinking is reckoned as powerful driver of innovation in economy and society. This contribution explicates the method and its application in organisations. It demonstrates how Design Thinking combines creativity with feasibility and usefulness.)

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