design-thinking-kelley

What problem does it solve?

Human-centered design challenges often suffer from a lack of structure, phase awareness, and clear artifacts to drive learning. This Skill provides a complete, living facilitation framework grounded in David Kelley’s IDEO/d.school methodology, delivering phase tracking, a mandatory Reframe Trigger, and integrated Six Thinking Hats to keep diverse perspectives and rapid learning in balance.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Phase Tracking: automatic phase indicators and explicit transitions through Empathize, Define, Ideate, Prototype, and Test.
• Quick Assessment Mode: fast gut-checks on ideas or problems without running the full process.
• Six Thinking Hats integration: guided perspective shifts at key decision points to avoid groupthink.
• The 5-Phase Toolkit: tools, questions, traps, and exit criteria tailored to each phase.
• Worked Examples & Artifacts: ready-to-use outputs like Empathy Maps, POV statements, How Might We questions, Idea Inventories, Prototype Briefs, and Learning Captures.
• The Reframe Trigger: mandatory reframing before entering Define to ensure correct problem framing.
• The 8 Design Abilities: operating principles that guide behavior across ambiguity, empathy, synthesis, experimentation, and storytelling.

Quick Start

Copy SKILL.md into your Claude skills directory and begin by describing a design challenge to start the guided 5-phase process.