Can design thinking mitigate critical strategy implementation risks?

Line Christiane Lund Strøm; Pelle Lundquist Willumsen; Josef Oehmen; Johannes Heck

doi:10.21278/idc.2018.0450

Can design thinking mitigate critical strategy implementation risks?

Line Christiane Lund Strøm
, Pelle Lundquist Willumsen
, Josef Oehmen
, Johannes Heck

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

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Abstract

Failed strategy implementations are a key business risk, and we explore how applying design thinking can mitigate key risks in strategy implementation. Based on a literature review and exploratory interviews, we identify a set of key strategy implementation risks, and map these risks against the key principles of the design thinking methodology. We discuss the usage of design thinking capabilities to tackle key strategy implementation risks and call for a situation-specific adaptation of strategy implementation. The paper concludes with an outlook on future research activities.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	DS92: Proceedings of the DESIGN 2018 15th International Design Conference
Publisher	Design Society
Publication date	2018
Pages	1233-1244
ISBN (Electronic)	978-953-7738-59-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.21278/idc.2018.0450
Publication status	Published - 2018
Event	The International Design Conference - DESIGN 2018 - Hotel Dubrovnik Palace, Dubrovnik, Croatia Duration: 21 May 2018 → 24 May 2018 http://www.designconference.org/

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Conference	The International Design Conference - DESIGN 2018
Location	Hotel Dubrovnik Palace
Country/Territory	Croatia
City	Dubrovnik
Period	21/05/2018 → 24/05/2018
Internet address	http://www.designconference.org/

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Can design thinking mitigate critical strategy implementation risks? / Strøm, Line Christiane Lund; Willumsen, Pelle Lundquist; Oehmen, Josef et al.
DS92: Proceedings of the DESIGN 2018 15th International Design Conference. Design Society, 2018. p. 1233-1244.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Article in proceedings › Research › peer-review