Episode 14: Jan Schmiedgen and Design Thinking, part 1

This is part 1 of our talk with Jan Schmiedgen. We will talk about all things Design and Innovation. Jan is one of those Duracell-bunny energy level kinds of people, which shows in his career path. Among doing many things he has published and blogged a lot on Design and Innovation in various places. He co-curates the blog thisisdesignthinking.net, is an entrepreneur who had several businesses and now managing partner and Innovation strategist at Codify. There is one sentence on the Codify website that sums Jan up: “intellectual curiosity paired with the strong need for independence”. Jan cofounded Codify, an agency that supports organizations in innovating their innovation management and supports them in a lean and evidence-based way.

 

Referenced on the show:

Codify Design Thinking Article

The Business Model Ontology: a Proposition in a Design Science Approach, Alex Osterwalder PhD

Managing as Designing, Boland & Collopi

Bruce Nussbaum business week articles: The Power of Design, Are Designers the enemy of Design

The design of Business, Roger martin

d-school

Hasso Plattner Institut

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