Design Thinking for Organizational Innovation at PepsiCo

While design thinking has gained popularity in product innovation, scholars argue that design thinking can also trigger and sustain organizational innovation. This study investigates the adoption of design thinking in the Design+Innovation unit at PepsiCo. It reveals nine design thinking practices t...

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Published in:California management review 2023-05, Vol.65 (3), p.5-26
Main Authors: Magistretti, Stefano, Dell’Era, Claudio, Cautela, Cabirio, Kotlar, Josip
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Change agents
Decision making
Innovations
Popularity
Prototypes
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Summary:While design thinking has gained popularity in product innovation, scholars argue that design thinking can also trigger and sustain organizational innovation. This study investigates the adoption of design thinking in the Design+Innovation unit at PepsiCo. It reveals nine design thinking practices that enable organizational innovation: valorizing personal attitudes and desires, engaging stakeholders in the design discourse, leveraging the design unit as an agent of change, fostering abductive reasoning, empowering decision making through prototypes, crafting proof points, absorbing external viewpoints, searching for co-conspirators, andaligning personal and organizational purposes.
ISSN:0008-1256
2162-8564
DOI:10.1177/00081256231170421