The document discusses the challenges of implementing design thinking in companies, particularly within the context of the Russian market, and identifies five reasons why it may not be effective: mindset, process, focus, skills, and culture. It argues that companies often prefer certainty and linear processes over the iterative, experimental nature that design thinking requires. The author, Dr. Ekaterina Khramkova, highlights the importance of combining divergent and convergent thinking to identify new product opportunities and improve the new product development process.