Description
This book addresses the contributions of design thinking to higher education and explores the benefits and challenges of design thinking discourses and practices in interdisciplinary contexts. With a particular focus on Australia, the USA and UK, the book examines the value and drawbacks of employing design thinking in different disciplines and contexts, and also considers its future. 1 Design thinking in higher education: Tensions and opportunities.- 2 Challenges for learning and applying design in business.- 3 The innovation mindset: Encouraging designerly and entrepreneurial ways of thinking and doing in MBA education.- 4 Social innovation meets design thinking.- 5 Distinguishing collaboration and cooperation in design thinking research.- 6 Design and systems thinking for healthcare practitioners.- 7 Sustainable design thinking in higher education.- 8 Design thinking beyond the academy.- 9 Educating the ethical designer in human-centred design thinking for interactive technology innovation.- 10 Promoting design thinking in the business studio.- 11 Looking forward.
