Design Thinking: The Key to Enterprise Agility, Innovation, and Sustainability - Paperback

Rikner, Rebecca: - Rebecca is an award-winning designer, a bridge builder, an entrepreneur & business developer and has over 25 years of professional experience in qualified business- oriented communication and project management work from both small and large organizations, both from practical and strategic level, in industries like consumer goods, media, music, communication and IT. She has assumed and successfully met the challenges and responsibilities associated with a variety of projects, including: driving the marketing activities for a health care products company present in eleven countries; leading a change project at Matsushita (Panasonic) in Osaka Japan; initiating and organizing international conferences in several cities in India; establishing communication channels, web presence, newsletter, and press releases for Sweden's most successful business incubator. Rebecca holds bachelor degrees in communication design, web design and user interface design as well as in usability design. She holds also an Executive MBA from the Stockholm School of Economics with specialization 'Leading Innovation'.West, David: - David began his software career in 1968 as a computer programmer. His professional career included experience as a systems analyst, architect, designer, coach, and CIO. Simultaneously, he pursued an academic career as Professor of Computer Science and Software Engineering. Combining is corporate training and academic careers, he has taught and mentored thousands of individuals, in more than 100 companies, and in 11 countries in every major aspect of software development, including: Structured development, Object development, Agile development, TQM, TDD, and, most recently, Micro-service architecture. Steve Jobs attributed his success to living at the intersection of art and science. Similarly David's unique approach to software development succeeds because it combines computer science, cultural anthropology, and Asian Philosophy, with extensive experience as a professional developer.