The biggest problem with #frameworks and #methodologies isn’t that they don’t always work in every situation (they don’t need to — for everything good has boundaries of satisfactory and acceptable performance, and by reverse corollary, anything claiming all-weather performance should be viewed with boatload of contempt!) but that we human beings treat them as gospels and try to buttonhole every problem till it somehow starts to fit the only button we have! They eventually end up becoming the idea that a field needs, but not necessarily the one it deserves! Not now, not ever!
#DesignThinking has become less oft repeated phrase in recent times, but still continues to rule to roost when it comes to being the design tool of choice. To its credit, it replaces the erstwhile ego-driven design or personality-driven ideas to a more systematic ways of collaborative design approach to explore creative ideas which is then tested rigorously in an iterative manner. Sounds just like what the doctor ordered! Except that the basic paradigm is really all about not taking the unilaterally self-assigned moral high ground for whom we seek to design the solution, but rather find ways to make inclusive design happen in a co-creative manner. Seems like one of its key tenets might be obstructing that design goal after all!
https://www.fastcompany.com/90649969/the-most-popular-design-thinking-strategy-is-bs
