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Design Thinking and Transformational Leadership - Unzi. Design Thinking. Design thinking is neither art nor science nor religion. It is the capacity, ultimately, for integrative thinking. – Tim Brown
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Design Thinking • Design thinking is neither art nor science nor religion. It is the capacity, ultimately, for integrative thinking. • – Tim Brown • Design thinking is “a human-centered approach to innovation that draws from the designer’s toolkit to integrate the needs of people, the possibilities of technology, and the requirements for business success.” • – Tim Brown
The Sweet Spot for Innovation • The Sweet Spot for Innovation
An Introduction to Design Thinking • Design is a process encourages participants to think outside the box in the pursuit of creative or innovative solutions. • Design Thinking proposes a get-your-hands-dirty, learning-by-doing approach. • Successful businesses are making billions by recognizing the value of integrating “design thinking” into their process. • Design thinking shifts the focus from a business-centric engineering solution, to a customer-centric solution.
Companies that Innovate • Supply Chain and Inventory Management, food spectrometry to identify composition- Target Supermarket • Social Good , Food and Design – Starbucks
Transformational Leadership • “For the past decade, research has supported the idea that, on average, transformational leadership is far more effective than transactional leadership in generating the higher levels of extra effort, commitment, performance, and satisfaction of those led.” • Bruce J. Avolio, 1999
The 4 Elements of Transformational Leaders • Idealized Influence • The first element is to Be a Positive Role Model. • The leader serves as a positive role model for followers (“I want to be like my leader”). • The leader is admired because she or he “walks the talk” • Inspirational Motivation • The second element is that Transformational leaders have the ability to inspire and motivate followers. • Combine this with Idealized Influence, and this is the source of the transformational leader's charisma.
The 4 Elements of Transformational Leaders • Individualized Consideration • Transformational leaders demonstrate genuine concern for the needs and feelings of followers. • This personal attention to each follower is a key element in bringing out their very best efforts, and in developing the follower’s leadership potential. • Intellectual Stimulation • The final element is the leader’s ability to challenge followers to be innovative and creative. • A common misunderstanding is that transformational leaders are "soft," but the truth is that they constantly challenge followers to higher levels of performance.
