Design Thinking Process

Hello again! This week classes with the design thinking workshops were really fun for me.  I think it was a cool change in the normal class atmosphere and a chance to really show our creative side and practice doing so with a team of my friends.  Not only was this week a fun week, bu tit was also a week that was able to teach me a lot about the importance of design thinking in a business or program and how i can use this type of thinking to best possible benefit.
Through these workshops, I was able to better grasp the actual idea of brainstorming and what it really is.  Before the workshops, I knew that it had to do with coming up with random ideas, I just didn't know that you could be so broad and crazy with the ideas that you came up with.  Doing these brainstorming exercises showed me just how capable I am of coming up with cool and unique ideas and thoughts on my own.  It showed me how easy it is to be creative when thinking about a designated subject.
As you can see, my favorite step of the entire process was the step of brainstorming.  Whenever the teacher gave each group a subject to brainstorm about, it was fun to write down whatever popped into my head.  I never knew that i could possibly come up with that many thoughts about one subject within such a short amount of time.  it really opened my eyes to how many possibilities of creativeness exist within each subject and matter.  Once i started, the ideas just kept flowing.  It was a nonstop process of information for me.
I think that the design thinking process could definitely be used to my advantage in my future career processes.  Without brainstorming, it would be extremely difficult to come up with new ideas.  If i were to open up a store or boutique, like I someday hope to, I would certainly need to have a thorough understanding on the entire brainstorming process.  This process taught me how to look at a subject, completely take it apart and distinguish every part of it, then bring the parts back together to invent a greater solution and approach to the matter.
Overall, I think that this week was both very fun and educating for the whole class.