Design Thinking

• In this assignment, students will identify a minimum of four trends that will come into focus within the next five years that are relevant to the topic chosen in the Stakeholder Analysis assignment. (Topic Electric/ Hybrid Car)
• Identifying trends, you can use PEST (political, economic, social, and technological factors) or DEFB (drivers, enablers, frictions, and blockers). With PEST, you can discuss the political factors that are driving a specific trend. For example, the government had provided a tax break for individuals driving a hybrid or electric cars. Therefore, we can forecast an increase in consumer demand for hybrid or electric cars.
• Each trend analysis should include:
  1. Current examples of the trend: events, inventions, modifications, applications, etc.
  2. Current claims about the trend: statistics, quotes, papers and research, etc.
• List of counter-trends (if applicable), with references
• Implications for related industries

1. Trend name
2. Category description
3. Signals
4. The present-day evidence or reasoning behind your selection of the trend, such as:
5. Your source for the trends, with references