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We have seen over the years that many individuals appreciate the power of engineering design thinking. At the same time we witness an almost unfathomable skepticism about the ability of established organizations (corporate, academic, and government) to really adopt the paradigm. Some argue that the paradigm only works in the world of “start-ups”.
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Albert Bandura: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Bandura
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Edelman, 2012: http://purl.stanford.edu/ps394dy6131
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Meinel, C., Leifer, L. (2014). Introduction. In: Leifer, L., Plattner, H., Meinel, C. (eds) Design Thinking Research. Understanding Innovation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01303-9_1
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