"In this book, the researchers take a system's view that begins with a demand for deep, evidence-based understanding of design thinking phenomena. They continue with an exploration of tools which can help improve the adaptive expertise needed for design thinking. The final part of the book...

More and more organizations have experienced the impact of design thinking on their innovation culture. People can see the way it changes how they and their coworkers innovate, how it affects their teamwork, and the impact it has on the quality of their output. The desire to understand the...

1. Introduction. Lloyd Strickland, Julia Weckend -- Section 1: Science. 2. Philosophy and science in Leibniz. Maria Rosa Antognazza -- 3. Between learned science and technical knowledge: Leibniz, Leeuwenhoek and the school for microscopists. Alessandro Becchi -- 4. Leibniz, organic matter and...

Part I: Design Thinking Research in the Context of Co-located Teams -- Part II: Design Thinking Research in the Context of Distributed Teams -- Part III: Design Thinking in the Context of Embedded Business Teams

Introduction -- The Future of Enterprise Computing: New Requirements for Enterprise Computing -- Enterprise Application Characteristics -- Changes in Hardware -- A Blueprint of SanssouciDB -- Foundations of Database Storage Techniques: Dictionary Encoding -- Compression -- Data Layout in Main...

This book summarizes the results of Design Thinking Research carried out at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, USA, and Hasso Plattner Institute in Potsdam, Germany. The authors offer readers a closer look at Design Thinking with its processes of innovations and methods. The contents...

Discover the next generation of business applications in the innovative new SAP Business Suite 4 SAP HANA (SAP S/4HANA), exploiting the revolutionary capabilities of the SAP HANA in-memory database. Numerous real-world examples are presented illustrating the disruptive potential of this...

Part I: Tools and Techniques for Improved Team Interaction -- Part II: Creativity and Creative Confidence -- Part III: Measuring Design Thinking -- Part IV: Documentation and Information Transfer in Design Thinking Processes.