I have decided to tee up design thinking with “The Marshmallow Challenge,” which was introduced by Peter Skillman, a former designer with product design firm IDEO, at a TED conference in 2006. I fully admit that I wouldn’t know the difference between a six and any other number sigma. I don’t have a six sigma belt of any color. I’ve been asked to give them an introduction to design thinking. In front of me sit 40 six sigma “black belts,” appraising me warily, all squinty-eyed and knit-browed. Consider the implications for your own innovation process and organizational culture of innovation, especially if your culture is based on using Six Sigma to innovate. The innovation test proves that trial and error, collaboration and small wins triumph over analytical thinking every time. Innovation Test Stumps Six Sigma Design Thinking Process Experts Children outperform Six Sigma Black Belts in innovation design thinking, when it comes to the simple marshmallow tower exercise.
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