In 2014, Apple generated almost $5,000 in sales per square foot of retail space in the United States, making it the leader among retailers when it comes to sales per square foot. The company forayed ...

The key to successful product development is to keep your efforts focused on the needs of consumers rather than the needs of companies. That was the insight shared by Art Middlebrooks, clinical ...

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Editor's note: Mark Dohnalek is President & CEO of Pivot International, the Kansas-based global product development, engineering & manufacturing firm. Even during this unprecedented crisis, ...

Harvard Business Review lauds the collaborative prompt “How might we” (HMW) as the “one secret phrase that all top innovators use.” And it’s certainly known as the quickest way to shift design teams ...

As someone who had never taken a d.school class, when I heard the words “design thinking” they seemed to conjure a single image of rainbow Post-its. On the Post-its floated buzzwords that meant little ...

Design thinking is critical for developing data-driven business tools that surpass end-user expectations. Here's how to apply the five stages of design thinking in your data science projects. What is ...

To overcome resource scarcity, meet emissions targets and exceed customer expectations, manufacturers are steadily increasing their environmental consciousness. Those set to succeed are doing so ...