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      The most popular IDEO U articles on power skills, design thinking, brainstorming, and more.
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      Tips on designing for uncomfortable conversation topics like sex, mental health, personal finance, and addiction from women’s health entrepreneur Kerry O’Connor.

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      Learn about 4 inclusive design mindsets and why they’re an important part of any designer’s toolkit.
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    • The Design Thinking Process

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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.

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      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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    • Business Design Case Study: Scaling Affordable Child Care

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      Wonderschool CEO and Co-founder Chris Bennett shares his human-centered process for building and scaling a business.

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