Engineers develop a new system to track material design processes

Discovering and characterizing new materials is important for unlocking advances in fields like clean energy, advanced ...
Psychology Today

What’s the Difference Between Wisdom and Critical Thinking?

It seems that discussions of wisdom have become something of a trend on this blog. Following two previous pieces I wrote on the topic here (Are You Wise? And What Actually Is Wisdom? and 5 Traits of ...
Business Insider

KPMG US is piloting a new intern program focused less on technical skills and more on critical thinking

KPMG US is shifting intern training to focus on AI-era skills like judgment and problem-solving. Interns at its Lakehouse facility will engage in critical-thinking exercises and team competitions. The ...
NPR

How to build a happier, more fulfilling life using "design thinking"

Part 4 of the TED Radio Hour episode What can you control in this chaotic world? What do you want out of life? Instead of ignoring daunting questions like this, designer Bill Burnett says we should ...
Architectural Record

‘Neuro-Inclusive Community Design’ Learns from the Example of Sólheimar, Iceland

About an hour-and-a-half drive east of Reykjavík, Iceland, is the ecovillage of Sólheimar. Sesselja Sigmundsdóttir started the community in 1930 as a foster home for children with mental challenges. A ...
Macworld

Not convinced of macOS Tahoe’s terrible design? Here’s the best (worst) example

First, it was Liquid Glass. Then it was the icons. And then it was the icons again (though it’s a different set of icons). Now, there’s something else about macOS Tahoe’s redesign that annoys the heck ...
Los Angeles Times

Letters to Sports: Rams are overthinking the process

Sunday’s game vs. the Panthers was a particularly brutal loss suffered by the Rams to an inferior team. Yes, Matthew Stafford and Emmanuel Forbes were very bad, but the responsibility for this debacle ...
Saint Louis University

Using Design Thinking to Enhance Medical Education Curriculum Development

Design thinking is a powerful process that requires a growth mindset to develop inventive solutions. An inquisitive mindset and desire to seek new learning are necessary for design thinking. Design ...
VentureBeat

Moonshot's Kimi K2 Thinking emerges as leading open source AI, outperforming GPT-5, Claude Sonnet 4.5 on key benchmarks

Even as concern and skepticism grows over U.S. AI startup OpenAI's buildout strategy and high spending commitments, Chinese open source AI providers are escalating their competition and one has even ...
Scientific Research Publishing

Brown, T. (2009). Change by Design: How Design Thinking Creates New Alternatives for Business and Society. Harper Business.

ABSTRACT: Design thinking has gained prominence as an innovative, human-centered methodology for addressing complex problems across disciplines. Despite its widespread application in fields such as ...