Hey, what are you up to?
I am ready to take my pen, a piece of paper and a bit of time to write about my beliefs, thoughts, and ideas for you. A few days ago, I shared with you how important it is to be aware of the weight we give to others' advice at the time we need to make a decision. An advisor must undoubtedly be as unbiased as possible in order to understand our own reality and give us meaningful advice. But how can you put yourself in other people's shoes effectively? The concept of empathising and its role over the process of giving advice or simply coming up with great ideas is my inspiration of the day.
Learning how to empathise with others' necessity has become clearer to me since I firstly came across "Design Thinking" and its creative approach as a powerful tool to solve problems and inspire innovation. It is worth telling you that this design-based approach started being explored by some iconic figures and global design firms like Steve Jobs and Ideo. Just recently, it has started to make its way at universities, colleges, organizations or among ordinary people who are craving for new challenges and new ways of thinking and working.
"Design Thinking" is essentially characterised by a human-centered process, what means that the whole exercise evolves with the unique purpose of fully understanding the life experience of those in need. Its principles rely on observing, interacting, and immersing oneself into others' contexts in order to grasp the real situation of the problem and so unveil the true causes that are preventing people from achieving their goals, living their dreams or changing their behaviours. Also, it is important to say that "Design Thinking" lets us to be less rational. It allows us to explore our ability to be intuitive and, in doing so, make up something meaningful not only as words, schemes, and projects, but also something emotionally touching that will bring about change to environments which are searching for new perspectives.
I would like to end up by telling you that having studied "Design Thinking" really changed the way I think and interact with those who surround me. We have been brought up in a society where we learn that accusing, judging and blaming others for any trouble is a too easy and comfortable way to deal with, instead of showing ourselves more supportive and willing to help. Therefore, I must say that this little change in my way of seeing and perceiving our behaviours as human beings, our relations, and feelings, has undoubtedly helped me to become a much better person in the world.
Are you ready to try this new way of being?
