PROBLEM or NEED – Creation of a Faculty Development Program
SOLUTION or APPROACH – Design Thinking Framework
The design thinking framework is a problem-solving method that involves understanding the problem, exploring solutions, and testing prototypes.
It’s based on the idea that a user-centric approach to innovation can produce better results.
- Empathize: Understand the needs of the people you’re designing for
- Define: Clearly state the problem you’re trying to solve
- Ideate: Brainstorm a wide range of possible solutions
- Prototype: Build a rough model of your solution
- Test: Gather feedback on your prototype and iterate
- Implement: Put your solution into action
- Key principles of design thinking
- Be human-centered: Start with what people want and need
- Be innovative: Push past obvious solutions to come up with fresh ideas
- Be iterative: Learn from each iteration by testing and gathering feedback
- Be observant: Observe how people interact with their environment to uncover insights