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Design a Better Business

New Tools, Skills, and Mindset for Strategy and Innovation

Patrick Van Der Pijl, Justin Lokitz and Lisa Kay Solomon
Wiley, 2016

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Editorial Rating

8

Qualities

  • Applicable
  • Eye Opening

Recommendation

This quirky ode to product and process design offers pages of illustrations and sketches that enliven the text. Design experts Patrick van der Pijl, Justin Lokitz and Lisa Kay Solomon use their book’s layout to underscore their thesis about the flexibility of product and process design. Patient readers will find case vignettes, examples, advice, and a seven-step design progression through product and process development. getAbstract recommends this lively compendium to experienced product and process designers and to anyone seeking a design system reference tool.

Take-Aways

  • Embrace design thinking, processes and systems to tackle today’s ever-changing, uncertain business landscape.
  • Approach design as an “iterative” and continuous process of improvement.
  • Get ready for the design process by assembling, training and inspiring the right team.

About the Authors

Patrick van der Pijl and Justin Lokitz lead organizations focused on helping firms in their design process. Lisa Kay Solomon teaches design at two universities in California.

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    R. T. 3 years ago
    Disappointing. There doesn't seem to be anything really new in this summary that hasn’t already been said before in other books. And it feels like the Design Thinking Playbook (2017) might be better to buy and read. But the book itself is probably worth a look to review the methods they suggest in detail.
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    Y. P. 7 years ago
    Great summary!