300: Crises in Complexity, Opportunities in Design
In 2009 Censemaking was launched as a platform to explore issues in complexity and ways we can make sense of
Read moreMonth: August 2013
Kindness Confusion in Collaboration and Co-creation
An emerging look at evolutionary behaviour is suggesting that we are better suited for survival by working together than in competition. This cooperation imperative has been called “survival of the kindness” which risks lumping affective social generosity and goodwill with effectiveness and desirability and, in doing so, risks the entire enterprise of collaboration-based efforts.
Read moreSystems Innovation | Geoff Mulgan and Charlie Leadbeater | January 2013 | Nesta
A terrific synopsis of a recent paper authored by social innovation leaders Charlie Leadbeater and Geoff Mulgan from NESTA in
Read moreNo Contest: The Cost of Crowd-based Social Innovation
Contests are seen by many in the social sector as a way to engage audiences and generate new thinking about
Read moreDisrupted Time: Review of Present Shock
Most simply, ‘present shock’ is the human response to living in a world that’s always on real time and simultaneous.
Read moreDevelopmental Design and The Innovator’s Mindset
Blackberry, once the ‘must have’ device is no longer so and may no longer even exist. Looking back on how
Read moreGoogle’s “20% time,” which brought you Gmail and AdSense, is now as good as dead
Interesting to see that one of the most innovative companies that is responsible for so many of the most powerful
Read moreDesign Thinking, Design Making
Designing and thinking
Critics of design thinking suggest that it forgets making while advocates suggest that it extends itself beyond the traditional constraints of design’s focus on the brief. What separates the two is still the implications associated with making something and the question: can we be good designer thinkers without being design makers? This post looks at the relationship between design thinking and making.
Reading it Later: Om Malik Reflects
Giga OM founder and prolific reader Om Malik posted a reflection on his reading habits on his blog that got
Read moreDefining the New Designer
It’s been suggested that anyone who shapes the world intentionally is a designer, however those who train and practice as
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