Think Like an Innovator: A Practical Guide to Design Thinking

<p>A practical guide to solving real problems with design thinking. No prior experience required.<br/>Design thinking has helped companies like IDEO Airbnb LEGO and Spotify create products and services that genuinely improve people's lives. But it isn't reserved for designers or big corporations. It's a mindset and process anyone can learn and apply to challenges at work at home and in the world around them.</p><p>Think Like an Innovator breaks design thinking into a clear 9-step process. Through real-world examples practical tools and hands-on assignments author Shrutin N Shetty guides you from understanding what makes a challenge worth solving through research and redefinition to generating ideas and testing prototypes with real users.</p><p>This isn't theory it's a workbook. You'll select a user group identify a genuine challenge and work through the entire process yourself emerging with both a solution and the skills to tackle future challenges. Downloadable templates included.</p><p><b>You'll learn</b> why humility and empathy are foundational to innovation research techniques creativity tools and how to prototype quickly and affordably.</p><p><b>Who this book is for:</b><br/>Whether you're a business owner student or professional this book equips you with a powerful process for innovation that matters.<br/>Design thinking isn't about waiting for inspiration. It's about showing up with curiosity doing the work and trusting the process.<br/>Start here.</p>