This book addresses the contributions of design thinking to higher education and explores the benefits and challenges of design thinking discourses and practices in interdisciplinary contexts. With a particular focus on Australia, the USA and UK, the book examines the value and drawbacks of employing design thinking in different disciplines and contexts, and also considers its future.

1 Design thinking in higher education: Tensions and opportunities -- 2 Challenges for learning and applying design in business -- 3 The innovation mindset: Encouraging designerly and entrepreneurial ways of thinking and doing in MBA education -- 4 Social innovation meets design thinking -- 5 Distinguishing collaboration and cooperation in design thinking research -- 6 Design and systems thinking for healthcare practitioners -- 7 Sustainable design thinking in higher education -- 8 Design thinking beyond the academy -- 9 Educating the ethical designer in human-centred design thinking for interactive technology innovation -- 10 Promoting design thinking in the business studio -- 11 Looking forward.

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