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From 2008-2018, designthinking.ideo.com was the home of IDEO's design thinking blog, written by our former CEO and current Executive Chair of IDEO, Tim Brown. This is an archive of his thoughts. You can read Tim's more current work on his LinkedIn page. You can also visit IDEO's Blog, The Octopus, here.

Old and New Models for Tackling the Skills Gap

October 18, 2012

I got the chance to talk on NPR last year about ideas to deal with the jobs crisis.

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Design for Complexity: The Hidden Power of Networks

October 16, 2012

Network science and tools are readily available to shed light on factors that were not considered in the past and to inform decisions in many different sectors and organizations.

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Bill Moggridge — A Design Icon

October 10, 2012

It is coming up on a month since the influential designer, and my personal mentor, Bill Moggridge, died.

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Must-See Public Interest Design

October 9, 2012

A show curated by John Cary of Public Interest Design has just opened in San Francisco at the Autodesk Gallery.

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What Great Leaders Know About Designing for Impact

October 4, 2012

Recently I had the honor of speaking about design for impact during the 2012 Clinton Global Initiative meeting in New York.

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Design for Emergence: From Newton's Blueprint to Darwin's DNA

October 2, 2012

Like most designers, I am quite comfortable with the notion of designing simple things.

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"We're Spent"

July 19, 2011

Some of you may remember me writing about ideas around the participation economy back in Spring 2009.

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A step backward

July 18, 2011

The UK has long had an impressive track record of producing successful designers and engineers.

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"We apologize for the interruption in service"

June 5, 2011

This seems an appropriate title under which to resume my commentary on design and design thinking.

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Design renews its relationship with science

February 26, 2011

I have noticed a growing conversation recently concerning the relationship between design and science.Adam Bly, founder and editor of Seed magazine, did much to get this conversation started, aided and abetted by Paola Antonelli, Curator of Design and the New York Museum of Modern Art.

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