
Transform business challenges into growth opportunities with "Designing for Growth" - the practical toolkit that revolutionized how companies innovate. Praised by business leaders for demystifying design thinking, it's the secret weapon behind Apple and IDEO's customer-centric success stories.
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What if the secret to business growth isn't buried in spreadsheets but sketched on napkins? While companies pour millions into market research and strategic planning, they often miss what matters most: understanding customers as real people with messy, emotional needs. Traditional business tools excel at optimizing what exists, but they stumble when creating what doesn't yet exist. This is where design thinking enters-not as artistic flair reserved for creative geniuses, but as a systematic problem-solving approach any manager can master. Think of it as the business world's missing toolkit, one that transforms how we discover opportunities, generate solutions, and test ideas before betting the farm. Design thinking rests on three fundamental shifts in how managers approach problems. First comes empathy-replacing demographic data with genuine human understanding. Great designs don't just function; they resonate emotionally. The Golden Gate Bridge doesn't merely connect land; it symbolizes possibility and human ambition. Second is invention-acknowledging that growth requires creating tomorrow rather than analyzing today. Scientists investigate what exists; designers invent what could be. When IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad faced challenges, he embraced a simple mantra: "Regard every problem as a possibility." Third comes iteration-swapping linear problem-solving for experimental learning. IKEA's revolutionary flat-pack model emerged through experimental responses to shipping problems, not from a single brilliant insight. These three elements-empathy, invention, and iteration-transform managers into innovators who can navigate uncertainty with confidence.
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Criado por ex-alunos da Universidade de Columbia em San Francisco
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