This is my go to process. Per Tim Brown with IDEO; Design thinking is a human-centered approach to innovation that draws from the designer’s toolkit to integrate the needs of people, the possibilities of technology, and the requirements for business success.

This approach has been around for decades, but it only started gaining traction outside of the design community after the 2008. At a high level, the steps involved in the design thinking process are simple: 

1. Fully understand the problem
2. Explore a wide range of possible solutions
3. Iterate extensively through prototyping and testing
4. Implement through the customary deployment mechanisms