Fast Company

Ideo breaks its silence on design thinking’s critics

Ideo partner Michael Hendrix discusses how design thinking can be used as a superficial tool to make a company seem innovative–even when it’s not. Ideo as an institution has rarely responded to ...
EdSurge

'A Better Future is Possible': IDEO’s Sandy Speicher on Design Thinking in Schools

For those who are familiar with the global design firm IDEO, a few words might come to mind. Consulting. Design thinking. K-12 and higher education? Yes, IDEO has indeed carved out a space for itself ...
Fast Company

Bringing Design Thinking To Social Problems, Ideo.org Focuses On The People In Need

This story is part of Change Generation, our series on young entrepreneurs making a difference. Jocelyn Wyatt and Patrice Martin are the co-leads and executive directors of Ideo.org, the unique ...
Harvard Business Review

IDEO Is Changing the Way Managers Think About Thinking

IDEO’s human-centered design thinking is a systematic process used to help create new products and services. And, the best part? They are open about the process and how to... Listen and subscribe to ...
MIT Technology Review

Design thinking was supposed to fix the world. Where did it go wrong?

An approach that promised to democratize design may have done the opposite. When Kyle Cornforth first walked into IDEO’s San Francisco offices in 2011, she felt she had entered a whole new world. At ...