These days design thinking is no longer a \u201cnew approach\u201d. Among practitioners, as well as academics, interest in the topic has gathered pace over the last two decades. However, opinions are divided over the longevity of the phenomenon: whether design thinking is merely \u201cold wine in new bottles,\u201d a passing trend, or still evolving as it is being spread to an increasing number of organizations and industries. Despite its growing relevance and the diffusion of design thinking, knowledge on the actual status quo in organizations remains scarce. With a new study, the research team of Prof. Uebernickel and Stefanie Gerken investigates temporal developments and changes in design thinking practices in organizations over the past six years comparing the results of the 2015 \u201cParts without a whole\u201d study with current practices and future developments. Companies of all sizes and from different parts of the world participated in the survey. The findings from qualitative interviews with experts, i.e., people who have years of knowledge with design thinking, were cross-checked with the results from an exploratory analysis of the survey data. This analysis uncovers significant variances and similarities in how design thinking is interpreted and applied in businesses.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
These days design thinking is no longer a \u201cnew approach\u201d. Among practitioners, as well as academics, interest in the topic has gathered pace over the last two decades. However, opinions are divided over the longevity of the phenomenon: whether design thinking is merely \u201cold wine in new bottles,\u201d a passing trend, or still evolving as it is being spread to an increasing number of organizations and industries. Despite its growing relevance and the diffusion of design thinking, knowledge on the actual status quo in organizations remains scarce. With a new study, the research team of Prof. Uebernickel and Stefanie Gerken investigates temporal developments and changes in design thinking practices in organizations over the past six years comparing the results of the 2015 \u201cParts without a whole\u201d study with current practices and future developments. Companies of all sizes and from different parts of the world participated in the survey. The findings from qualitative interviews with experts, i.e., people who have years of knowledge with design thinking, were cross-checked with the results from an exploratory analysis of the survey data. This analysis uncovers significant variances and similarities in how design thinking is interpreted and applied in businesses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":73873,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[6211],"product_tag":[6312],"class_list":{"0":"post-73872","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-informatik-edv-web-kategorie","7":"product_tag-agilitaet-aktivitaeten-ambiguitaet-denkweise-design-thinking-ideenfindung-werkzeuge","8":"autor-danielly-de-paula","9":"autor-falk-uebernickel","10":"autor-stefanie-gerken","12":"first","13":"instock","14":"shipping-taxable","15":"purchasable","16":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n