Design Thinking and the Learning Function

Design thinking is a hot topic right now. An Internet search will net some 23 million results. But what exactly is design thinking? Here are the definitions from some design thinking leaders: 

• a discipline that uses the designer’s sensibility and methods to match people’s needs with what is technologically feasible and what a viable business strategy can convert into customer value and market opportunity (Tim Brown, CEO of IDEO) 
• a halfway house between analytical thinkin