Seeing the Problem Space

This is a Design Thinking 101 episode in the Ask Like a Designer series. Ask Like a Designer helps people explore thinking and solving like a designer. You'll learn about design thinking, service design, learning design, leading and building high-performing teams, and ways to achieve better outcomes.

This episode is based on this article: ALD012 // Want Better Outcomes? Find Better Problems. Read the article and others like it on Fluid Hive's Ask Like a Designer.

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Cheers ~ Dawan

Design Thinking 101 Podcast Host

President, Fluid Hive

Show Highlights

[00:53] The human desire to create.[01:15] Rushing solutions leads to poor outcomes.[01:37] Problem spaces and finding the right question to answer.[02:15] The people inside the problem space.[02:38] The context in which the people experience the problem.[03:02] The history of the people and the context reveal changes over time.[03:15] Problem finding.[04:11] Finding and refining problems is not our natural inclination.[04:52] Problem framing.[05:17] How Might We questions.[06:01] Getting comfortable with ambiguity as a designer.[06:47] The eight things you can do with a How Might We question.[08:08] The best solutions come from diverse teams.[08:29] Fluid Hive's free thinking tool will help you focus your solution energy.

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