Applying Design Thinking at Work

In one global tech company, a single mindset shift cut the time between “idea” and “in customers’ hands” by about half. Now, jump to your own workday: endless meetings, slow decisions, half-finished projects. How is it that we’re busier than ever, but real progress feels slower?

About 200,000 people at IBM have already been trained in Enterprise Design Thinking—and one ripple effect was cutting design–developer handoffs by 75%. That’s not a workshop victory; that’s a calendar-changing result.

So why does this matter to you, in your actual workday?