http://businesscoach.us.com from Riverside Business Coach Sat, 24 Sep 2011 19:21:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 2007-2009 mark@riversidebusinesscoach.com (Mark Orton) mark@riversidebusinesscoach.com (Mark Orton) Business management 1440 http://businesscoach.us.com/images/Podcast_logo_144x144-pix.jpg http://businesscoach.us.com 144 144 Tips, hints, discussion of issues in building a successful business and spending more time doing what you are good at. Management skills for owners and managers of startups and small firms. business management, management, manager, leader, leadership, entrepreneur, leader, sales, marketing,operations Mark Orton Mark Orton mark@riversidebusinesscoach.com no no http://businesscoach.us.com/2009/10/ted-talk-by-tim-brown-of-ideo-why-design-is-big-again/ http://businesscoach.us.com/2009/10/ted-talk-by-tim-brown-of-ideo-why-design-is-big-again/#comments Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:17:45 +0000 Mark Orton http://businesscoach.us.com/?p=1199 Continue reading →]]> I have not read Tim Brown’s book Change By Design, but this TED talk strikes me as very valuable in itself. I look forward to reading the book which has just been published. The focus on involving end users, rapid prototyping, systems thinking resonates for me. Lean practitioners will find much in common here. It is great to hear a designer talk forthrightly about the ephemeral nature of most design efforts and even alluding to how much design is gratuitous design.

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