How would you improve the tablet desk? In your mind’s eye, think of a tablet desk. Below are a couple of very old examples, but for the most part they don’t look that different today. How would you improve its design? Make it lighter, more durable, more comfortable, ambidextrous? The Node Chair Steelcase is a…
Don’t just sit there Chances are you have heard the term “management by walking around”. Tracing its roots to Hewlett Packard in the 1970s, management by walking around is a reminder of the value of leaving the office to see what the people on your team are doing and the challenges they face. The idea…
Meet a human need A key characteristic of Design Thinking is to be human centred. In the end, everything we design and construct needs to meet a human need. Take for example a hypothetical situation where you are a maintenance manager at a hotel and you’ve been asked to install kick plates on the guest…
You and your significant other are sitting on the couch when you begin to feel a chill. You get up and adjust the thermostat. Congratulations. You have made a change. You have demonstrated agency. You are a change agent! Reactions One possible reaction (whether internal or overt) from your SO (significant other) is, “Knock yourself…