Blue Ocean strategy helps in defining the macro-direction of opportunities, but how do you identify and assess the various independent variables at play? Design Thinking provides the necessary logic for identification of the stakeholder needs and the necessary iterations for crafting a solution. From ‘empathy’ with users that Design Thinking hinges on, Blue Ocean Strategy helps shift the focus towards ‘non-users’ as well, to extract a winning proposition.

Takeaways from the D'IVE session on ‘Digital Transformation & Design Thinking’ – 25th May 2019

Organizations are devoting significant time, effort, and money to digitally transform. But, effort does not necessarily translate into benefit and we see many organizations continue to struggle on account of poor strategy & implementation. It is much more than implementing discrete technologies which has been the mandate of the software industry so far.