The Design Thinking Life Playbook: Empower Yourself, Embrace Change, and Visualize a Joyful Life

Why we‘re taking you along with us on this journey 8

Foreword 10

Introduction 13

Part I: Apply the DTL mindset 24

Reflect, accept, and understand 42

Keep an energy journal 56

Integrating other people’s observations and perceptions of us 88

Define point of view 98

Find and select ideas 110

Design, test, and implement life plans 146

Self-check 178

Part II: Professional and career planning 184

Design career paths 214

Evaluate, test, and implement options 226

Questions for reflection on options 244

Last but not least – The journey’s end is really the beginning 248

Michael Lewrick (Zurich, Switzerland) holds an MBA and PhD from Stanford, and is Head of Deloitte Labs. He is the coauthor of the international bestseller, The Design Thinking Playbook which describes amazing transformations in Organizations, Teams, and Individuals. He Design Thinking, Coaching and systems-based psychology strategies and techniques in their daily work. They provide Design Your Future courses and online-trainings at universities. For both, the outlined mindset is at the heart of these activities and the playbook is an actionable guide for students, professionals and everyone who like to trigger change. He consults and works closely with universities and businesses. He has intensively studied mindsets that enable problem-solving and his research interests center on personal and organizational change.

Jean-Paul Thommen (Wiesbaden, Germany) is a professor at The European Business School in Wiesbaden, Germany, teaching leadership, organizational development, and business ethics. He created a coaching program for the university that has trained thousands of students and his "Coaching" is widely used. He also consults to businesses on leadership and organizational development.

Larry Leifer (Palo Alto, CA) is a professor of engineering at Stanford University and has been a key contributor to the design thinking movement in Silicon Valley and globally, though teaching and consulting, and through the world-renowned design firm IDEO, which was founded by one of his students. Larry's design thinking work is focused on tools to help design teams understand, support, and improve design practice and theory.