Design Thinking

David Kelley, founder of IDEO and Stanford University professor, says "product design has become much less about the hardware and more about the user experience." [February 2002]  (18:58 minutes) Source:  TED.

Tim Brown, IDEO CEO & President, says "the design profession is preoccupied with creating nifty, fashionable objects -- even as pressing questions like clean water access show it has a bigger role to play. He calls for a shift to local, collaborative, participatory 'design thinking.' "  [July 2009]   (16:48 minutes) Source:  TED.

Roger Martin, Dean of the Joseph L. Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto, discusses new approaches to business innovations through design thinking.  [October 2009]  (28:42 minutes)  Sources:  AIGA.

Kate Canales, director of Design and Innovation Programs at Southern Methodist University's Lyle School of Engineering, discusses empathy as a critical tool in human-centered design and innovation.  [October 2012]. (13:40 minutes)  Source:  2012 TEDxSMU.

Tim Brown, IDEO CEO & President, speaks to the Yale School of Management about innovation.  [April 2013]  (5:18 minutes).  NOTE: Link to full-length  interview (59:45).  SOURCE:  Yale University, School of Management.

Phillippe Vandenbroeck, a Partner at ShiftN, discusses design thinking approaches to solving wicked problems.  [June 2013]  (19:28 minutes)  SOURCE:  2013 TEDxUHowest.

NPS Professor and CORE Laboratory co-founder, Nancy Roberts, discusses how Internet technologies enable new approaches to solving wicked problems in an interview with Maria Ressa, CEO & Executive Editor of Rappler. [August 2013]  (26:27 minutes)  Source:  Rappler.Com.