Megan Carrier

…ptual design with execution. However, I believe this needs to be tested far earlier in the process. When you are prototyping ideas, don’t just test and prototype the idea, but also how its operating model will work within the system. This will provide valuable feedback on whether the idea, the broader system or both need to shift a…

“I’m not sure this is what’s next for design thinking, but I suppose it’s something I’d like to be next. What if we were to include a new step in the process related to self-awareness — a moment of personal reflection and team sharing about our own identities so that together we can surface some of the gaps and biases that may spring from them. Because even when we’ve crafted a great problem statement, our generative process and ultimate choices are limited by our own experiences and our abilities to truly empathize and imagine.”

…em — the broader problem of defending France from attack. (The Germans essentially went around it.) So if we want to design solutions that are resilient — that is, solutions that withstand inevitably changing circumstances — we need to think outside the spatial and temporal boundaries of the problem we’re solving right here and now.