Mar 212012
flips: When a (paradigm) shift is not enough.
But, a complete change in perspective, ideas, and approach is necessary to address the wicked problems.
AND the only way to find innovative solutions is through Design Thinking.
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The Impact of Design Thinking to a student in college.
As a student at community college, I read the book Right and only took away bits and pieces that I thought were applicable to my life. I am not yet in the business world, so this stuff doesn’t apply to me. Well I was WRONG!!! This book has so much great information, and at the right time it can be applicable to anything and truly change your life.
Flips (a concept in the book) are an essential key to success. It is easy to just read the flips that Design Thinking promotes in innovative organization:
Expect win/win/win
Different can be new
Nudge not lead
Adversity and obstacles as opportunity
Embrace the unknown
As I research for a service learning paper, I have come to realize how true all of this is. The following are shifts in student’s perspective that make all of the difference in success or failure of service learning.
The “real world” is after and beyond college.College is the “real world”
This new and different consideration in a student’s perspective can mold the way they experience college. Some think that the real world happens after college. This new perspective that college is the real world is a key to a hidden door. When students adopt a different attitude it is here that a whole new world can be opened up.
Viewing writing/speaking as assignmentsViewing writing/speaking as vehicles for thinking and discovery.
Most students step into the world of college straight from high school. The transition from high school to college can be a tough one, but if a student enters into college armed with this “flip” think of the difference it can make in their educational experience and the way they think. This simple flip lays the foundation for future innovators.
Valuing the product/outcomeValuing both the product and the process.
How many people do you know that simply work for the end product? The process that was engaged to get there doesn’t matter, and once the outcome is achieved then in most cases the paths that were taken to get there are never again even thought of. The only thing that is remembered is the final result. Why don’t we as students of this thing called life engage in the process, why don’t we chose to embrace and interact with these steps more that it take us to the final product? I would argue that it is equally the process and the product that can be of value.
If you are a student of life, you MUST read this book!!! It will open your eyes to new and exciting experiences that could not have been obtained without it.