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A Systems View Across Time and Space

Table 2 Interview codification with four major themes and seven categories that correspond to lines of questioning in the interview protocol (Appendix A)

From: Design thinking as an effective method for problem-setting and needfinding for entrepreneurial teams addressing wicked problems

 

Major themes

Categories in the form of questions presented to interviewees

# of occurrences

i

Personal motivation in life and vocational goals

1

What is your major area of study and what do you want to do with that in your career?

7

ii

Knowledge of aspects, uses, and approaches to design thinking

2

What is most memorable to you about design thinking?

7

iii

Can you describe the value of using design thinking?

7

iv

What are different methods of approaching design thinking?

7

v

Application of design thinking knowledge

3

Apply design thinking in a scenario, where interviewee is working for Apple and tasked with innovating the iPhone to be more circular and sustainable to grow market share. What would you do? Describe in detail

7

vi

Are you confident in your knowledge of design thinking to apply it?

7

vii

Design thinking’s perceived effectiveness

4

Is design thinking the best tool for problem solving?

7