Tag: District 3
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The trouble with assuming “innovation” is understood
At Particles Design Lab and District 3, we are constantly having debates about the definitions and roles of design and innovation in society. These are the musings of our Design Strategist, Charlie Gedeon. In light of this article that says something can be called an innovation only after it has proven to add value, I…
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How we inspired organizational change with a one-hour service
This essay is about our recent shift to rapid testing to validate ideas away from assumption-based evaluation, and how that helped our organisation re-evaluate some core offerings and saved us a ton of time. We will go over the role of connecting the dots between serendipitous events, how we tracked the value of what we…
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“Design” in Design Thinking is there to get your attention
Making accessible the creativity that designers typically practice in their jobs in order to allow anyone to innovate has fortunately become in vogue over the past few years. The unfortunate part is that rather than package this creativity in a friendly ‘Ages 2 and up’ box, it got called Design Thinking and simultaneously all designers…
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Your company vision is like a set of cards in your hand
The power of metaphors in helping you internalize the meanings of certain lessons and the ways in which you want to tackle your goals is something that’s often been discussed. Following an interesting conversation with a co-founder of one of District 3’s graduated startups, e-panneur, a metaphor for how to deal with your new company’s…
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Trusting your Creativity
Our belief at Particles Design Lab is that creativity is present in all, but with forms that are infinitely different from person to person. Despite common belief, creativity is not limited to those that are artistic. Artists simply exhibit artistic creativity, but would you trust a painter to tell you which formula would be best…