# Design Thinking {% embed url="" %} Introduction to Design Thinking by Alex Ryan {% endembed %} Design thinking is an approach to solving problems based on design principles. Design thinking is unique because it starts at desirability – it is human-centered from the beginning of the process, and only after understanding the user (ie. a person) in a deeper way does it narrow down options to what is feasible/ viable for the business/ service provider. It is not a linear process. IDEO’s model found in their [Design Kit](https://www.ideo.com/post/design-kit) shows us how the solutions that emerge at the end of human-centered design should hit the overlap of these three lenses: they need to be desirable, feasible, and viable. In the context of social innovation, solutions also need to be positively impactful for people. ![Adapted from IDEO. Human-Centered Design Toolkit, 2009.](/files/-LemwjbQgrR9aNBy7863) For more information on Desirability, Feasibility, and Viability, please refer to this [article](https://medium.com/innovation-sweet-spot/desirability-feasibility-viability-the-sweet-spot-for-innovation-d7946de2183c) and IDEO's [Field Guide to Human-Centered Design](http://www.designkit.org//resources/1). --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://mars-solutions-lab.gitbook.io/living-guide-to-social-innovation-labs/seeing/design-research/human-centered-design-thinking.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.