What is design thinking?
Design thinking is an approach that requires problem-solving that focuses on empathy, creativity, and iterative prototyping. Design thinking encourages people to explore alternatives and create multiple options in order to address the needs and desires of humans which then leads to develop innovative solutions. The process of design thinking follows the stages of empathize, define, ideate, prototype, and test. People will empathize on human struggle and after recognizing the root of human problems, that is when design-thinkers start to brainstorm and lead to ideate. After ideate process, the ideas become tangible and goes through the prototype stage. After the prototype is built, it is then tested and presented to evaluate effectiveness of the solution.
How has design thinking influenced a product I use?
A product I used the most that has evolved and revolutionized smartphone is my iPhone. Design thinking has influenced improvements in user experiences. The iPhone changed the way users use phone by removing the keyboards and button by introducing a touch screen interface. The problem with phones prior to the iPhones is the limited size of the screen on the phones. Design thinking has influenced the iPhone because they touch base interface gave the users a bigger screen rather than it being limited by the keyboard and buttons that people do not always use when utilizing smartphones such watching videos on their phone, video calling, reading something on the screen, and playing games.
What are the connections between opportunities and planning?
The connections between opportunities and planning is that planning starts with identifying the opportunities. As the world continues to evolve and problems arise every day, opportunities are presented to fix these problems. Technological advancement is an example of an opportunity where the Internet of Things (IoT) can be presented in this category. Technology presents the opportunities that it can continuously evolve and create better outcomes. In order to reach a certain goal such as building an innovative technology, a plan must be developed in able to see a clearer outline on how to achieve the identified goals. Planning the goals sets a path that helps guide thinkers in getting to the right direction in accomplishing their identified opportunities.
What opportunities have I missed?
Cybersecurity continuous to evolve as technology evolves as well. During my time learning about cybersecurity, I have missed opportunities in staying up to date with the cybersecurity industry in terms of new vulnerabilities being discovered that are threatening our cyber space. I have knowledge on current threats that has been around for years, however, I am unaware of new ones. Moving forward in staying up to date, I am subscribed to an anti-virus software that sends me email notifications about new threats being discovered. The information relayed on the emails shares about the new threat and how to protect my system it.
Can a successful venture be unethical?
It is possible for a venture to become successful but considered unethical. In relate to cybersecurity, a successful business that committed an unethical act is Facebook. Facebook was involved in the unauthorized collection and use of personal data of the accounts of millions of their users. It is unethical because people’s personal information have been used without their permission. Users trust facebook to protect their account’s privacy however it was not the case. Users were not given a warning or a notice about this leak as well until further information was relayed.