Last summer I attended a class at Wharton Business School about Peripheral Vision – it was part of a Leadership Development Program arranged by LinKS here in Denmark.
The visit was great for several reasons, and one of the outcomes from my stay here was some great learning points about acting on the unexpected.
My teacher was Paul Shoemaker – GREAT authority in the field of strategic planning.
In my daily work I advice clients on how to cope with uncertainty, creating innovation cultures and helping them to understand how they can use multidisciplinary approaches towards better product- and business development.
Since my posting here at CPH127 back in the early 2006 I’ve been struggling with how I could link design thinking to the use of social software. In Connecta we are heavy users of Social Software as part of our problem solving process
But few months ago I got it – I think. Like the design-thinking ingredient I began to realize that social software provide several aspects which I believe is crucial for good development processes:
- Multi disciplinary input
- Open processes
- Ability to prototype
- Democratized dialogue
- Rapid development
- Improved timing in product launch
And by seeing that I think I got the reason why start blogging here at CPH127 again 
If you know about Social Software, innovation and design-thinking which similarities do you see - if any?