Dave Wentzel on the Importance of Design Thinking

The podcast discusses the importance of design thinking in data and software projects. It explores challenges in requirements gathering and project management. They emphasize the value of empathetic design and conducting mini design thinking sessions. The speakers also discuss estimating work in Kanban, slack time in improving throughput, and the significance of data analysis and collaboration in design thinking. The chapter concludes with a discussion on writing a book and the benefits of design thinking in the discovery phase.