Social Innovation W4

 >I noticed that Social Innovation and Design Thinking have the same definition.

*Design thinking requires teams to always question the problem to be solved. (Fast Company Staff, 2006)

Question; How many designers will it take to screw in a light bulb? Answer; Why a light bulb?

"A place to start—and one that we can all build on from today onward—is to use our voices and words, creativity, skills, and compassion to demand that the international development industry change its central premise (and promise), from eradicating poverty to eradicating poverty creation."

An Introduction to Design Thinking: Bootcamp Bootleg: "Prototype it as if you know you are right, but test as if you know you are wrong."

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