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Great minds design think alike

What does Design Thinking actually mean?
Design, here, means designing solutions to problems (not the visual, graphic or artistic design we usually associate it with).
Thinking is having the right mindset for coming up with creative solutions.

As it turns out, the emphasis is more on doing than thinking.

Clearly, there’s some unpacking to do, and that’s what the Tenaka podcast, Great Minds Design Think Alike, is all about. In snack-sized, 30-minute chunks, Stuart McDougall, an owner of Tenaka, talks to industry minds about how it is possible to innovate, disrupt and really make lives better by adopting these principles:

– Keep the humans you are trying to help at the centre of your process –
– Think less, do more –
– Fail early and often to learn and improve –

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Design thinking principles and mindsets - going beyond the sticky note

Design thinking principles and mindsets – going beyond the sticky note

In this episode, we chat to Warwick Vlantis from Umuzi, a digital technology focused not for profit training organization. Their ...
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Mixing magic, science and art to create better customer experiences

Mixing magic, science and art to create better customer experiences

In this episode we speak to Chantel Botha, MD and founder of BrandLove, a customer experience design consultancy based in ...
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Design thinking, innovation and the future of it all

Design thinking, innovation and the future of it all

Welcome to season 2 of Great minds design thinking alike. In this episode, we speak to James van der Westhuizen, ...
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Design thinking for cultural change

Design thinking for cultural change

Alan is from Curious. We discuss how prototyping has changed how he does business, its relevance to organisational culture and ...
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Design thinking success stories, and lessons learnt

Design thinking success stories, and lessons learnt

In this episode we speak to Terry Behan, an expert in the application of design thinking to solve real issues ...
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Really understanding customers and big business

Really understanding customers and big business

In this episode, we talk to Martin Cheetham, co-owner of Tenaka, about how design thinking has been incorporated into large ...
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The world needs to change, and design thinking can do that

The world needs to change, and design thinking can do that

In this episode we speak to Iain Bryant from Future by Design, discussing the importance of innovation, listening and understanding ...
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How rapid prototype building and testing helps us design think software development

How rapid prototype building and testing helps us design think software development

Madelein Taljaard, Experience Design Director for the payroll mid-market sector at Sage Global, talks about the challenges and solutions of ...
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Find the one problem everyone has, and you will create unicorns

Find the one problem everyone has, and you will create unicorns

In this episode, we speak to Herman Singh from Future Advisory about innovation, creativity through adversity and his experience of ...
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How might we convince corporate SA about the value of design thinking?

How might we convince corporate SA about the value of design thinking?

Jen is a design thinker and innovator with a background in IT and software development. In this episode we discuss ...
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It always starts with who I'm designing for

It always starts with who I’m designing for

Ulrich has an intense passion for design thinking and chats to us via a Zoom call for this episode. He ...
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What is design thinking, anyway?

What is design thinking, anyway?

Vikee is the lead researcher and educator of all things design thinking at Tenaka. In this first episode of our ...
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