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At its core, design thinking is an approach to innovation that focuses on people’s needs, and uses creative ideas and iteration to address them. Here is the design thinking process, explained.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Design thinking has a human-centered core. It encourages organizations to focus on the people they're creating for, which leads to better products, services, and internal processes. When you sit down to create a solution for a business need, the first question should always be what's the human need behind it?

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