IDEO U

Discover an online school where people can develop the skills of design thinking and mindsets of creative leadership.

The d.school Starter Kit

Looking for a way to introduce design thinking to students in the classroom or colleagues at work? The Stanford d.school's online Starter Kit is free and available over Zoom.

"Educating and Measuring Choice: A test of the transfer of design thinking in problem solving and learning"

Encouraging evidence on teaching design thinking strategies in the classroom via the Journal of the Learning Sciences.

Design for America

A national network committed to design, design thinking, innovation, entrepreneurship, and more.

The 0pposable Mind

Roger Martin dives into the success stories of over 50 business leaders to uncover the problem-solving power of "integrative thinking."

Design Thinking for the Greater Good

Through 10 stories of struggles and successes in fields such as health care, education, agriculture, transportation, social services, and security, the authors of this paper show how design thinking and collaborative creativity can shake up even the most entrenched bureaucracies—and provide a practical roadmap for readers to implement these tools.

"When everyone Is doing design thinking, is it still a competitive advantage?"

In Harvard Business Review, former IDEO CEO Tim Brown talks about the value of businesses and other organizations becoming masters in design thinking.

"The designer’s toolkit for tackling tough problems"

A selection of exercises from IDEO.org's Design Kit Travel Pack, a tool to help social impact organizations and busy professionals unlock their own creative genius.

The Art of Innovation

Tom Kelley, former partner at IDEO, takes readers behind the scenes of the design firm's creative processes.

Design Toolkit by IDEO.org

From nonprofit design studio IDEO.org, a collection of mindsets, methods, and resources to start solving problems like a designer.

"Design thinking: a new strategy for shaping global health"

At the 2018 Aspen Ideas Festival, former IDEO.org CEO Jocelyn Wyatt describes how design thinking offers a package of tools to promote human-centered, financially viable solutions, opening the door to creative solutions that address systemic problems.

Change by Design

Tim Brown, former CEO of IDEO, shows how the techniques and strategies of design belong at every level of business.

"Design thinking"

From June 2009's Harvard Business Review: Tim Brown takes a deep dive into the process of design thinking, its history, and how the human-centered process comes to life inside the walls of IDEO.

Creative Confidence

A book by IDEO founder David Kelley and partner Tom Kelley on developing the creative potential within us all.

"Designers—think big!"

Former IDEO CEO Tim Brown's 2009 TED Talk urges designers to think big, shifting their practice from the act of creating an object to the act of fusing design, business, and social studies to solve big, real-world problems.