Design for Humans’ Energy
Energy powers innovation, creativity, motivation, and the will to make change happen if we design for it. Change requires power.
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Design For Humans’ History
Only by understanding our past can we properly design for a future that’s different from it. When we think about
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Design for Human Living
Our designs put too much focus on our intentions and desires and to the neglect our realities and tendencies. Design
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The Memory of Systems
Systems change is so difficult because is the link between the past, present and future is tight and often invisible.
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Innovation for the Real World
Why does most of what we read about innovation resemble very little of what our work life actually looks like?
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Entangled Knots and Complexity
The idea of entanglements is central to understanding complexity in systems and the knots that they generate The idea of
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System Entanglements and Change
‘New beginnings’ is a phrase that only works when both words are true and the systems around them support their
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Design’s Accessibility Problem
Our models of design and Design Thinking can enhance our ability to shape human systems without trivializing it’s importance. Design
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A Different Kind of Herd Mentality
Principles of movement, speed, and position can render our traditional sensemaking approaches useless if we’re not careful. Think of the
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Designing For Path Dependency: The Case of Mental Health
Path dependency is a concept in complexity science that refers to the way in which the past patterns influence current and future actions. Mindful attention to identifying these patterns and use of design thinking can help ensure that the past is not the present, unless we want it to be.
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