Michael D. Moberly is a Business Intangible Asset Strategist, Risk Mitigator, and Founder – Principal of kpstrat and ‘Business Intangible Asset Blog
My interest in – attraction to ‘design thinking’ as a process, (as applied by this business intangible asset strategist + risk mitigator) lies with…
- its relevance to the intangible asset-aspects of business economics, development, competitive advantage, brand, and revenue generation, etc.
Design thinking (broadly speaking) is a process wherein creative problem solving + risk mitigation can converge by, among other things…
- assigning priorities to customer – client – consumer interests, preferences, needs, and criticisms, etc., to avoid repeating and/or mitigating inadvertent challenges and/or risks that may materialize relative to the use-application of particular-products, services, or counsel.
Too. the relevance of ‘design thinking’ is it can favorably influence parties – players to…
- engage in offering – proposing – explaining potential solutions to challenges, problems, and/or risks by, considering innovative options (not merely tweaks or adjustments), e.g., actual prototypes and/or models.
- seek – gather feedback (including criticisms, etc.) from customers-clients-consumers (and other affected parties) and be receptive to consider product-service re-design and/or perhaps re-launch.
As a process ‘design thinking’ is user – problem – challenge – risk – criticism centric, e.g., to…
- influence business leadership (management teams, boards, and investors) to articulate + frame (a.) question statements, and/or (b.) problems – risks to be mitigated, with (c.) empathy, ideation, model-prototype development, testing, and analysis, to
- align with (the business) operation – economic realities that today, and for the foreseeable future, most businesses, irrespective of sector, stage, size, or location, are increasingly intangible asset intensive, dependent, and reliant.
Framing + posing pertinent question (and/or risk mitigation) statements relative to the experiences of customers, clients, and/or consumers, are key underliers to design thinking because-presumably it is…
- those parties + the holders-deliverers of particular-products and/or services which have primary interest in recognizing + mitigating the circumstances in which problems, challenges, and/or risks materialize as preludes to/for avoidance, mitigation, and sustainable resolution.
Respectfully, question + risk mitigation statements are obliged to be framed + posed for parties to consider-factor when, why, where, and how particular-problems, risks, challenges, and/or criticisms arise initially – repeatedly.
Businesses are (fiduciarily) obliged to recognize – appreciate it is the intangible asset components of their business which they rely – depend for valuation, e.g.,
- differentiate (business, brand, product, service).
- create competitive advantage.
- generate revenue capability – capacity.
- attract investment.
As such, business leaders, et al, are fiduciarily obliged to…
- hold, safeguard, and embed same in operating cultures, products, services, etc., (irrespective of sector, stage, size, location), and
Also, design thinking, as described here is a timely, collaborative, marketable, and operating culture-centered process which serves as…
- rationale to invite + integrate customer – client experiences with particular- products and services, i.e., their relevance as well as any application challenges and/or risks.
- strategy to legitimately advocate + market the revelation of user challenges and subsequent re-innovation of a product or service specific to…
- existing and projected clients, customers, and consumers.
- a business’s operating culture.
- products, services, and/or offerings.
I respectfully encourage readers to try ‘design thinking’, you will probably-like it, and benefit from it. Please contact Mr. Moberly for suggestions and/or guidance.
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