By guest authors Charley Bush and Kathy Hwang of 3Strand Innovation DESIGN-DRIVEN BUSINESS – From Creative Idea to the Marketplace In the first two parts of this series we explored how a design-driven business prioritizes the user experience and holistically incorporates design thinking into all parts of the business. The last part of our discussion
By Guest Authors Charley Bush and Kathy Hwang of 3Strand Innovation DESIGN-DRIVEN BUSINESS – The Human Side In the first part of this series, we offered a definition of a true design-driven approach. Recall that such an approach is centered on the user. In this post we apply that definition to the creation of an
When has design moved business? Design and business folks love the example of the iPod. Designers say, look at how one design-driven product was able to reshape an entire industry. MBAs emphasize how the strategy behind the iPod-iTunes system and the product roadmap led to Apple’s success. We all tend to point to the iPod
SM: What is your interpretation of what is going on in Steve Job’s head that allows him to do something really interesting and leapfrogging with design every time? BK: I don’t think it is every time. Apple has cultivated a mystique of the ‘magic Job’s touch’. SM: He did look outside of America to get