Now What? DT Mindset I say #failup!

This morning, I was able to witness a live twitter spat right before my own eyes... Since I feel that I am pretty well versed in twitter speak and etiquette, it was a sight to be hold as I have never really seen a differing of opinions and well, fireballs lobbed at each other.  Now I may be embellishing this twitter convo (more for my amusement & for this post) however I do so for the purpose of introducing my third of four posts titled, Now What?  In the design thinking world, there are several opinions,  approaches, degrees of experience, and well, judgement.  In the end, I say your Now What is your dt mindset. It is easy to let others stand on their soapbox, deter you from trying new things, and judge your efforts without consideration of time or space.  Mount Vernon Presbyterian School, Head of School, Dr. Jacobsen, reminds us every day to #failup. Which he describes as: "Resilience-ability to improve upon a setback...  Take risks, work hard, overcome setbacks, take risks, work hard, overcome setbacks (repeat)" This twitter spat reminds me that some of us may be pretty knee deep in the lingo, processes, and zen like design thinking mojo.  However, it is our mindset that will determine our success not our depth of experience and/or our bandwidth of followers or ego.  Design thinking is an attitude.  Design thinking is about being open to the possibilities, removing preconceived notions and solutions, and #failup.   So I encourage those circling the drain, peering over the edge, or stuck in the mire of this mad, mad world of design thinking, to stay with it and don't be discouraged or thwarted by naysayers or "real" design thinkers.  Imagine if we let our students feel the way other "educators"  make us feel when we might just not be drinking their Kool-Aid but instead prefer drinking from Coke's Freestyle drink machine.