The role of Design Thinking in Open innovation

Design, creates something new and desirable. Design thinking is a preventive position forsolving problems and a combination of expertise, adaptability, and design that it helpsorganizations in difficult circumstances and environmental dynamics. Design thinkingrelies on human-centered innovation. When the principles of design are applied toinnovation, the success rate for innovation dramatically improves. This paperconceptualizes the role of design thinking in open innovation. Design thinking has beenargued to contribute significantly to innovation in organizations. Our aim is to find outthe relationship between these two variables.

Keywords:

Design thinking , open innovation , absorptive capacity