About us
Design Thinking & Innovation (DT&I) is a community of creative people who seek to share their skill & knowledge to create a meaningful positive impact in the community. Our focus is designing for change and creating positive social impact using techniques in Human Centered Design (Design Thinking), UX & Lean.
Our mission is to create communities by educating, building relationships, establishing meaningful goals and seeking fieldwork in the community in Houston and beyond. We aim to connect interested individuals and learn about Design Thinking, Service Design, and User Experience. We encourage the sharing of knowledge during our events. We welcome individuals who have a passion for learning & personal growth but more importantly look forward to designing and developing better communities.
DT&I is the community of progressive brains about practicing the skills that could bring greater change. This is a forum to bring on people from processes, product and service design backgrounds. Come share the expertise you have if you already work in any of the above areas. If you are new to the design process then this is your place to learn new design approaches.
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Upcoming events
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History Rhymes: Why the AI wave Needs the Same Lesson as Lean, Agile, & PC
Improving, 10111 Richmond Ave. # 100, Houston, TX, USHi All,
At Design Thinking and Innovation the Nov 2026 event we are thrilled to have Daniel Scheufler. This session will explore how process innovation has changed the way we do commerce historically and how we can use the learning to navigate the future.
History doesn't repeat, but it rhymes. Every wave of technology, from Ford's assembly line to Lean, Agile, and even ERPs, rewarded the organizations that redesigned their workflows, not the ones that bolted new tools onto old processes. AI is no different.
Ford didn't just speed up craft production; he redesigned work so it came to the worker. Toyota asked where the waste was and made continuous improvement everyone's job. Agile replaced big bets with rapid feedback. Computer-based ERP systems promised even more, but only delivered for companies that redesigned supply-chains around them. Each wave rewarded organizations that rethought the process, not the ones that digitized the old one.
AI is the next stanza. Organizations that simply paste AI into existing steps gain almost nothing. The ones that win will use AI as the excuse to redesign how work gets done.
What you'll take from this session:**
- A framework for spotting when AI is bolted onto an old process vs. enabling a workflow redesign
- The three human questions to own before any AI use: options, goal, validation
- How to use AI as a toolmaker's tool to create custom automations for your own frameworks
- Lessons from Toyota's slow-then-fast EV strategy, and from the ERP rollouts in the 90s on building capability before scalingJoin us to discover how your design thinking instincts are the real advantage in making AI work. Bring a colleague curious about moving beyond the hype—this is about real tools for real work.
Who would find this event useful:
- Entrepreneurs, start-up founders
- Design / Technology professionals
- Design Strategists, design professionals
- Design and Management Students
- Community at-large
Innovation does not happen in isolation—it grows through shared experiences, fresh perspectives, and meaningful conversations.
🚀 Come curious. Leave inspired.
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