Design Thinking and Entrepreneurship Education: Where Are We, and What Are the Possibilities?

The growing need for a workforce equipped to face uncertainties and address problems not susceptible to inquiry based on pure analytical skills has caused the rapid growth of design-based curriculum and educational activities. Entrepreneurship education has embraced a design thinking lens, as evidenced by the increasing number of curricula incorporating processes that have roots in design. Yet there is limited understanding of the conceptual underpinnings and the implementation of such practices. We provide theoretical links to provide conceptual clarity to design-based entrepreneurship education, propose recommendations with a multistakeholder alignment-based model, and perform a survey to demonstrate its current state of practice.