Knotted-Up Systems Design
The design opportunities for a post-pandemic world require untangling many knots in our systems. With so much of the world
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Design and the Language of Practice
Design’s value is limited in the abstract and unlocked when practiced (and only if practiced) If you are seeking to
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Evaluation and Design: Language for Innovation
Design and evaluation are a two-way street and both fields of practice are wise to learn each others’ language Design
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Design Choices and Their Outcomes
Evaluation is not a word that fits easily into design practice, but when it does, it lays bare what it
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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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Taking Ideas Into Sustainable Innovation
One bright idea is pretty but a collection of ideas put into practice over time, sustainably, is beautiful (and real
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Developing Creative Confidence With Practice
The means to developing the ability to create useful, valued products and service comes from learning through doing. What is
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Innovation Subscriptions
The concept of subscribing to something is an attractive way to build in practices to sustain innovative activities. Whether it
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A Better Next
Beforetimes were different than now and what’s next will be different, too. The difference is that one we can design
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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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