Comparing Design Thinking to Silicon Valley's Innovation Playbook

In this episode, I’ll share why design thinking is only a methodology with principles, and there are still a lot more ingredients that play into why a team or organization is successful or not successful in creating innovative products and services. So to help round out our understanding of innovation, I want to look at some key factors in how Silicon Valley has produced hundreds of successful start-ups.

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CHAPTERS
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0:00 Introduction
2:19 Empathizing with Users
2:50 Problem Solving
3:24 Collaboration with Diversity
3:44 Silicon Valley Unique Ingredients
3:51 Culture and Grit
4:35 Meritocracy, Being Results Oriented
5:19 More Casual and Egalitarian
5:43 Direct Communication
6:11 Talent Density
7:24 Network Effects
7:55 Access to Capital
8:13 Conclusion

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Music by Bensound
Design Thinking    • Intuit: Bringing delight to design  
Silicon Valley Drone    • San Jose, California 2023, 4K Aerial Drone...  
Companies using Design Thinking    • Intuit: Bringing delight to design  
Y Combinator    • From the Archives: Y Combinator Founders P...  
Visionary Leaders    • Steve Jobs on Starting A Business  
Rapid Changes https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articl...
Diversity - Drivers of Innovation https://hbr.org/2013/12/how-diversity...
Grit - Video by Tima Miroshnichenko: https://www.pexels.com/video/a-workin...
Experimentation - Video by Ketut Subiyanto: https://www.pexels.com/video/video-of...
Meritocracy / Self Taught https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/50-s...
Networking / Phone Call - Video by Ketut Subiyanto: https://www.pexels.com/video/man-talk...
Video by fauxels: https://www.pexels.com/video/people-i...
Network of Mentors Video by Pressmaster: https://www.pexels.com/video/woman-ta...
Angel VC Funding    • The World’s Best Venture Capital Investors...