Powerful tool to manage innovation
Design Thinking for Humanity
What is it?
Design Thinking for Humanity fundamentally expands the classic approach. It moves away from a sole focus on the individual end user toward a holistic, life-centered perspective. Methodologically, this framework unites five core disciplines into a new operating system for complex challenges: futures thinking, design thinking, ecological thinking, systems thinking, and the responsible use of exponential technologies. The goal is to create radical, viable innovations that respect planetary boundaries and secure collective resilience for generations to come.
How does it work?
The method breaks down existing silos through transdisciplinary collaboration. The innovation process moves through five strategic phases: it begins with immersion in the future and empathy, moves through problem definition in a systemic context to future-oriented ideation, and finally culminates in future-ready prototyping and strategic navigation. Tools such as Wicked Problem Framing or Future-Ready Roadmapping help teams work backward from a long-term vision to concrete, immediate actions in the here and now.
Why does it matter?
In an era of rapid disruption, linear problem-solving and purely profit-driven metrics fall short. One-sided optimization makes our global systems fragile and blinds us to the long-term consequences for the environment and society. This approach is a moral imperative: to move from merely minimizing harm to genuine, measurable regeneration. Only when we design systems that learn and evolve through disruption and unforeseeable crises can we secure lasting wellbeing for all.
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Advantages:
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Systemic integration of five core thinking disciplines for the sustainable management of complex organizational and global challenges.
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Practical application of the Resilience Blueprint Canvas to define real win-win-win outcomes for people, planet, and the economy.
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Effective connection of long-term strategic foresight with immediate, measurable innovation projects in the here and now
"Human-Centered Design was once the prevailing model; today it has expanded and Lewrick provides the clear, powerful frameworks needed to put these principles into practice and create a sustainable 3-wins model."
- DON NORMAN, Author of Design for a Better World
“This insightful book elevates design methodologies into a systemic framework, providing leaders with the practical tools needed to integrate planetary boundaries, geopolitical risk, and technological advances into modern decision-making.”
- JENNIFER GARDNER, Director, Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability
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We offer, ourselves and through our partners, to accompany entire transformations toward new regenerative business models. This ranges from Workshops, Management Consulting, Coaching bis hin zum C-Level Advisory.
Only trained and certified Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) are deployed for this type of support.
RFPs and inquiries are answered quickly and purposefully.
Trainings
Trainings:
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Design Thinking for Humanity
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Design Thinking & AI
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Design Thinking for Social Impact
Capability Build Programs:
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Theoretical foundation for developing a measurement system
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Reflects on what has been learned
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Method understood
Building a Design Thinking Academy:
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Introduction of design thinking for teams, organizations, or the entire company.
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Application of the Design Thinking Maturity Model
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Implementation of sustainability strategies
Founder of DTP
Michael Lewrick
"We have to constantly reflect on and develop our attitude towards growth and new business models. New technologies and digitization offer new opportunities to develop ideas and shape customer experiences."
Patrick Link
"More important than the process or the method is the mindset and the adaptation to the respective context. Since all agile approaches basically have the same mindset, you can learn a lot from the other approaches."
Larry Leifer
"Steve Jobs put it in a nutshell:" Think different! " The correct answer would be: "Think differently!" With this he expressed the essence of design thinking with pinpoint accuracy: not necessarily doing what is expected. "
DTP community
Who is it?
We are an open community of doers, entrepreneurs, scientists, design thinking coaches, facilitators, corporate leaders, managers and those responsible for innovation. We are interdisciplinary and creative. We are consciously an open community to promote interdisciplinary exchange.
Why is it special?
The DTP community lives a design mindset. We share our knowledge, have a positive attitude and carry this spirit into the implementation of our daily challenges. This is how we managed not only to further develop innovation metrics together, but also to constantly develop the mindset through new perspectives.
Why joining?
As a DTP Community Member you have free access to a unique network. In addition, you will find out exciting news and know when the relevant events take place. Of course you already have access to new methods and tools that the community is developing and discussing.
Complementary books
Playbook
The Design Thinking Playbook helps to reflect the whole range of Design Thinking. It forms the framework for the business ecosystem design and provides the inspiring framework to anchor a new mindset even more firmly in companies and to bring about radical innovations.
Toolbox
The Design Thinking Toolbook is an excellent addition to the Ecosystem Design Book. It is also tailored to the needs of the readers and deepens the most important and effective design thinking and innovation methods
ecosystems
Business ecosystem design is the realization of new, unique offers that are made available to customers by different actors in a system. Design Thinking for Business Growth provides a wide range of tools to realize new growth opportunities.based on business ecosystem design principles.
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