Design Thinking has created a fair buzz in the industry today, and strategy leaders in various industries are trying to learn of how this can help them build an edge, in the modern, digital era, where things can happen and change in the blink of an eye.
Now, one of the major industries facing strong headwinds in the digital era, with smartphones and smarter machines, is the services industry.
HfsResearch recently hosted a webinar with eminent industry panelists to discuss and debate this subject. Do watch this to gain some key insights, and how this may help you to plan for the next wave.
Design Thinking is a methodology that's increasingly being embraced by new age thinkers and businesses, to drive rapid, sustainable and hopefully, successful/disruptive innovation to survive the rapid pace of change in a digitized world.
Principles of Design Thinking
In short, design thinking is being embraced as a 'Strategy for Innovation' (Read the article).
Now that you have an idea, why not take a crash course from the Stanford Design School to get started!
The Stanford Design School's Virtual Crash Course on Design Thinking
There have been rapid advancements in technologies and the devices using these, in the recent few years, which have opened up the possibilities for a different way of life in future.
And, if you want a more practical view of how life is likely to change in the foreseeable future, then check these out:
A Day in the life of the Internet of Things (Part I):
A Day in the life of the Internet of Things (Part II):
Life Simplified with Connected Devices:
Well, it sure seems like a technologically advanced future, but just hope that humans don't lose the essence of life! As someone on a blog post mentioned, "What exactly will the people in this world do? Look at screens?!"