Designers don’t just solve problems—they shape how we see them. Learn how #synthesis, #sensemaking, and #problemframing turn complexity into clarity and insight into strategic action.

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Is uncertainty your design kryptonite? In this workshop at UX India 2024, I reframed uncertainty and ambiguity as opportunities for innovation in the messy middle of the design process. https://www.designative.info/2024/10/01/dealing-uncertainty-ambiguity-workshop-ux-india-2024/ #CreativeProcess, #DesignStrategy, #EmotionalIntelligence, #Facilitation, #Leadership, #ProblemFraming, #PsychologicalSafety, #SpeakingAtEvents, #StakeholderAnalysisAndManagement, #Teamwork, #UncertaintyAndAmbiguity, #Workshops
"Dealing with Uncertainty and Ambiguity" workshop at UX India 2024 » { design@tive } information design

Is uncertainty your design kryptonite? In this workshop at UX India 2024, I reframed uncertainty and ambiguity as opportunities for innovation in the messy middle of the design process.

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In this article, I'll make the case that #InnovativeThinking and #IdeaGeneration are not mere tools in the #CreativeProcess but rather the compass guiding #Designers and #Strategists through the complex landscape of modern #design and #strategy. #Creativity  #DesignSkills #LateralThinking #ProblemFraming #SixThinkingHats #ThoughtLeadership https://www.designative.info/2023/10/26/innovative-thinking-and-idea-generation-for-thought-leadership-essential-skills-designers-strategists/
Innovative Thinking and Idea Generation for Thought Leadership » { design@tive } information design

Innovative thinking and idea generation help designers and strategists bridge uncertainty and vision. Let's review the necessary skills for this process.

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While #creatives today sometimes struggle with a lack of specifics on their #DesignBriefs and #clients who expect them to be telepathic, the request put out by #CocaCola in 1915 was as stunningly succinct as it was ambitious. The result was a #design that's appeared in some of the best billboard #advertising. https://www.creativebloq.com/news/history-coca-cola-bottle-shape #Creativity #CreativeProcess #Packaging #AdvertisingHistory #ProblemFraming #ProblemSolving via #CreativeBloq
Did the Coca-Cola bottle have the most ridiculous design brief ever?

(But also the simplest?)

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What is the opportunity or problem that a novel #technology could solve? From a #designer’s perspective, this is a particularly difficult type of #design: finding problems for solutions. #DecisionBias #ProblemFraming #AI #ArtificialIntelligence https://medium.com/@panu/ai-is-a-solution-in-search-of-a-problem-ab4c6e818206
AI is a solution in search of a problem - Panu Korhonen - Medium

A designer identifies user problems or opportunities and creates desirable, viable and feasible solutions. Recently there have been questions like “How could we use AI, machine learning or GPT3 for…

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Managing by Outcomes and Jobs to be Done » { design@tive } information design

Managing by Outcomes with Jobs to be Done (JTBD) can help facilitate two-way negotiations that allow for team autonomy and ownership.

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Strategy, Feedback and Design Reviews » { design@tive } information design

Influencing larger decisions that shape strategy starts with facilitating the smallest decisions, including how to incorporate feedback into designs.

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Strategy and the Art of Creating Choices » { design@tive } information design

In this post, I'll talk about how can designers step up to the plate and become skilled facilitators that help teams with creating choices.

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Strategy and Facilitating Good Decisions » { design@tive } information design

In this post we talk about how designers and strategists can respond, prod, encourage, guide, coach and teach as they guide individuals and groups to make good decisions that are critical in the business.

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Strategy, Facilitation and Art of Asking Questions » { design@tive } information design

In this post, we will deep dive on art of asking questions to ensure teams are making good decisions and paddling on the same direction

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