Shows how the techniques and strategies of design belong at every level of business, in the first book to detail IDEO's internationally recognized Design Thinking process.

Illustrations on end papers.

Getting under your skin, or, How design thinking is about more than style -- Converting need into demand, or, Putting people first -- A mental matrix, or, "These people have no process!" -- Building to think, or, The power of prototyping -- Returning to the surface, or, The design of experiences -- Spreading the message, or, The importance of storytelling -- Design thinking meets the corporation, or, Teaching to fish -- The new social contract, or, We're all in this together -- Design activism, or, Inspiring solutions with global potential -- Designing tomorrow--today.