One of the myths of innovation is that something has to be new. It doesn’t. Something only needs to be new in context. This means that an old idea brought forth into a different or refreshed context can be innovative. For example, home visits and care by health practitioners have become innovative ways to address […]
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Strategic planning describes a lot of what we do, yet we don’t use the term strategic planning to describe our approach. Instead, our focus is on strategic thinking. Here’s why you might want to do the same. Strategic planning is used as a structured way to transform goals into action plans and frame decisions. That’s
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Seeing into the future is fraught with creative issues. While we might know about a future opportunity or situation, what might it feel like? What would it look like if we could ‘try on’ a decision before we bought it? We can. The idea of Identity Dress-Up is a simple visualization exercise that brings together
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Design Thinking is the process we use to conceive our products and guide the process of design. This is the design journey. The benefits of engaging with design thinking go beyond the outcomes and include a variety of outputs. Design thinking is a human-centered approach to innovation that draws from the designer’s toolkit to integrate the
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Strategic Design is the application of design methods, principles, thinking, and approaches to an enterprise. It combines aspects of systems design, service design, and design thinking. Strategic Design focuses on aligning the organization’s resources, interests, and goals with what it does. It ensures that your organization is fit for purpose. Fit For Purpose We use
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