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# Book: Pocket guide to design thinking
- URL: https://www.co.school/notes/book-pocket-guide-to-design-thinking/
- Published: 2024-12-18T23:00:29.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-11T04:05:59.000Z
- Description: A pocket guide to leading design thinking confidently and inclusively, and avoiding its common pitfalls.
- Author: Kevan Gilbert
- Tags: Learning, Co-design partnerships

Design thinking is a key method in co-creation: one that can empower you to lead innovation processes confidently and inclusively. Learn how to avoid the pitfalls and embrace the strengths of design thinking in this robust and helpful guide.

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[$10 - Buy on Amazon](https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0C6P9TXWR?ref=co.school) 

## Key takeaways

Design thinking has been a contemporary darling of major design studios and corporate giants—and has garnered its fair share of valid criticism. But beneath the hype, opportunism, and misapplication of the method, design thinking contains timeless, foundational strengths that can help co-creators pursue innovation in equitable, effective ways.   
  
This full guide to design thinking offers a refreshed take on how to apply design thinking in the service of the community. Learn how to guide a process through the double diamond, while keeping ethics firmly in place throughout the journey, in order to arrive at solutions for complex problems.