Realizing Circular Ambitions within the Built Environment: A Design Thinking Approach

In recent years, the amount of resources consumed and the waste generated by the built environment has been growing at an alarming rate. The impacts of this are seen within our environment and felt by many. It can be said that the need to achieve circularity within the built environment is at its peak right now. Within the construction industry,...

Enlarging the solution space in infrastructure planning processes: A study into the factors that influence the planning of infrastructure and new working processes within that planning process

This thesis provides insight into how the design approach, also known as ‘Design Thinking’ could be implemented in infrastructure planning processes. This is done with the objective to prevent premature convergence, which means, too early choosing for a solution by which other valuable alternatives are ‘killed off.’ By preventing premature...

Designing Construction Management: The application of design thinking by construction managers in a construction-driven FEED phase of oil & gas projects

“Who of us would not be happy to lift the veil behind which the future is hidden and to focus our thoughts on the unknown future” (Shepherd & Williams, 2015). What if we already know our unknowns, would it not be a piece of cake to deliver construction projects of high quality within time and budget? In order to predict the unknown future,...

Embedding Human Centered Design in the creation of Blockchain based consults

This thesis researches the topic ‘embedding stakeholder needs in the creation of blockchain applications’ as part of digital strategies within the KPMG Digital Transformation department. The research resulted in a framework consisting of a digital asset and a creative session enabling KPMG consultants and clients to explore the possibilities of...

Implementing Design Thinking: a case study at Exact

Business is becoming increasingly competitive as companies aim to deliver superior product experiences to their customers. To establish innovative results and compete with smaller, more flexible companies, corporates look for new ways to organize themselves. In the light of these developments, design is moving beyond approach to improve...

A Changing Municipality: Recognizing Design Thinking themes & Organizational Change Management elements in Schiedam

DESIGN THINKING:<br/>Design thinking is an ambiguous term regarding its meaning. It can be seen as an approach that opts to define and solve problems by incorporating designers’ approaches, methods and tools to problem solving. As it is believed that all managers already do think like a designer, it is questioned how design thinking is...

Adoption of Design Thinking by a novice multidisciplinary team in industry

Despite the limited amount of empirical evidence, the adoption of the Design Thinking approach is frequently presented as a solution to many of the problems that large organizations face when executing radical innovation projects. In this master thesis, a longitudinal study was conducted which revealed the difficulties of implementing such...

Business Growth in Design Thinking: a strategic approach to generate fast-flowing INK

A new breed of creative agencies in the Netherlands have emerged in the past decade. These agencies use visual thinking skills and methods to advice in (re)designing services and strategies of other organizations. One of these creative agencies is Ink Strategy. Doing new projects for organizations in Singapore has opened the opportunity to...