I passed my certification test on Design Thinking and got a nifty badge.
Although it is subject to the same hype as agile practices in general, I like the general approach of Design Thinking and believe it can play a role in building innovative solutions. The key point is that anyone can be creative about desigining a solution. Creativity is a human process that isn’t limited to those who have designer or architect or creative(shudder) on their business card. That’s a simple but powerful insight that can be leveraged to generate great ideas from unexpected vectors.
Like any human-centric process, it’s difficult to pull off but when it works, it’s really like catching lightning in a bottle.