The time to bring together three fields of practice focused on shaping the future with evidence and imagination is here. Design thinking is about problem-finding, solution-seeking, and creating the things — programs, products, services, and policies — that contribute to the solution. Futures and Strategic Foresight are about examining trends and patterns in a context […]
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Without connecting monitoring of our programs with our principles and strategy, we are simply creating impotency in our organizations. The events of January 6th, 2021 at the United States Capitol were appalling to anyone who cares about that republic, democracy, and decency. While a mob incited by the sitting president stormed the building and forced
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What does it take to innovate? We look at the basics and what they mean for individuals and organizations looking to do it. Innovation is often equated with its products, not its process. That’s one of the reasons it’s often mis-understood and poorly done at an institutional level because the emphasis is placed on the
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Design Thinking is not only a means to innovate, but as a means to heal and grow. After a year that by most people’s standards was ugly beyond any others in recent memory, our need for beauty, sustainable and responsible businesses, supportive communities, and viable, service-forward industries needs this.
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While conclusions draw our attention, it’s the persistence of effort that comes before which are the real cause for celebration Today we saw the first person in the UK vaccinated for a condition that was nearly unknown just 12 months earlier providing one of the most remarkable demonstrations of science we’ve ever seen. While the
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Inspiration is a primary outcome for design thinking and leadership is the vehicle to deliver it. In a previous post I mentioned an assertion by Bruce Mau that the principal outcome of design is inspiration: without it nothing goes forward. Second to this is leadership. Leadership is the means of converting inspiration into action. While
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Design thinking is best approached as a habit, not as an exercise. Just as ‘critical thinking’ isn’t meant to be applied sporadically to one’s life, neither is design thinking.
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Design is about making things with intention, craft, and care, but above all, it must inspire. Without inspiration and excitement, there is no action.
Design’s Inspiration Outcome Dividend. Read More »
A great conference isn’t much without content, presenting challenges and opportunities for online learners. In previous posts, I highlighted some of the lessons learned from four conferences I attended within weeks of one another in October, 2020 providing a unique opportunity to compare and contrast different models, modalities and approaches to learning, networking, and collaboration.
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Plastic language is all about using words in meaningless ways and that creates meaningless impact, too.
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