<span id="docs-internal-guid-64aa363e-6278-8d64-bc1d-b998357e34c2"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(108, 108, 108); font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Design thinking is an iterative approach to problem-solving that intentionally seeks out people with different perspectives, knowledge, skills, and experience and has them work together to create a practical solution to a real-world problem.”</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">While interacting with Siddhartha Mondreti about his efforts at his college “Godavari Institute of Engineering and Technology”, he highlighted the enormous opportunities that can come from practicing design thinking and used his knowledge of design thinking through and affect the change in the engineering curriculum</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></span>
<span id="docs-internal-guid-634beabc-6296-1516-df40-9a5a22b9f860"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">WHAT IS DESIGN AND DESIGN THINKING?</span></span> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; text-decoration-line: underline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The design process is what puts Design Thinking into action.It’s a structured approach to generating and developing ideas.</span> == <span id="docs-internal-guid-7ae1c2ab-6298-dd7e-dd0b-efbaff97ea93"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(108, 108, 108); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The five phases of the design process:</span></span> == === <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(108, 108, 108); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">EMPATHISE</span> === <span id="docs-internal-guid-bb8b63fa-6299-b951-5417-ef8ded4f1e98"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(108, 108, 108); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“I have a challenge.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(108, 108, 108); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">How do I approach it?”</span></span> <span id="docs-internal-guid-bb8b63fa-6299-b951-5417-ef8ded4f1e98"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(92, 91, 91); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Empathizing is central to the design thinking process. It highlights the significance of listening to the requirements and wants for a particular challenge.</span></span> === <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(108, 108, 108); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">INTERPRETATION</span> === <span id="docs-internal-guid-cc05648d-629c-eae1-5e37-072dbdc7945a"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(108, 108, 108); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(108, 108, 108); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I learned something. How do I interpret it?”</span></span> <span id="docs-internal-guid-cc05648d-629c-eae1-5e37-072dbdc7945a"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(108, 108, 108); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Interpretation transforms your stories into meaningful insights.Throughout this process your perspective will evolve and change, you get a clear understanding of what your observations mean and how you can relate them to your challenge and use them as inspiration.</span></span> === <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(108, 108, 108); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">IDEATION</span> === <span id="docs-internal-guid-cc05648d-629d-8080-aeca-4bd13bb34a69"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(108, 108, 108); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“I see an opportunity.What do I create?”</span></span> <span id="docs-internal-guid-cc05648d-629d-8080-aeca-4bd13bb34a69"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The main aim of the Ideation stage is to use creativity and innovation in order to develop solutions.</span></span> === <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(67, 67, 67); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">PROTOTYPE</span> === <span id="docs-internal-guid-127def26-629f-6fc8-f1f9-ecbbc6f5eeba"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(108, 108, 108); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I have an idea. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(108, 108, 108); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">How do I build it?”</span></span> <span id="docs-internal-guid-127def26-629f-6fc8-f1f9-ecbbc6f5eeba"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(67, 67, 67); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This step deals with building the ideas and checking for their feasibility to arrive at the final solution</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></span> === <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(108, 108, 108); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">TESTING</span> === <span id="docs-internal-guid-127def26-629f-cb9a-186c-aa59fe0bdbd5"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(108, 108, 108); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“I tried something.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(108, 108, 108); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">How do I evolve it?”</span></span> <span id="docs-internal-guid-127def26-629f-cb9a-186c-aa59fe0bdbd5"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(64, 64, 64); background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Testing, in Design Thinking, involves generating user feedback as related to the prototypes you have developed, as well as gaining a deeper understanding.</span></span> <span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(64, 64, 64); background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span> <span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(64, 64, 64); background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/> =</div>
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