A Curious Case of Convergent Evolution - What Hummingbirds and Sunbirds can Tell Us About Design Thinking for Agile Practitioners
In this session Martin Jewiss introduces Design Thinking and explores how it aligns with agile practices.
You will learn:
- What is Design Thinking?
- Why Design Thinking can add value to your agile practices.
- How Design Thinking might be applied to your agile practices.
You may be surprised by how many Design Thinking techniques you use already and how easy it is to boost your current practices.
Speaker Bio:
Martin Jewiss is co-founder and managing director of The Familiar (www.thefamiliar.tech), a human-centred design and technology consultancy.
In his former career as a chartered biologist, he created and managed artificial tropical ecosystems. He often commissioned design and used innovative, inter-disciplinary techniques to solve novel problems.
Today Martin helps clients solve critical problems and innovate products and services using Design Thinking and agile methods. He also designs better customer and user experiences.
With a life-long belief in the power of inter-disciplinary working, Martin has the same focus on durable, valuable impact for clients today, as 20 years ago when growing a jungle.
