Leadership & Design Thinking: Missed Opportunities
A recent article titled ‘The Right Way to Lead Design Thinking’ gets a lot of things wrong not because of
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Tim Brown
Evaluation and Design For Changing Conditions
If we are serious about addressing the social, political, health and environmental challenges posed to us in this age of global complexity we need to launch from these start points into something more sophisticated that brings these areas further together. The cross training of designers and evaluators and innovators of all stripes is a next step. So, too, is building the scholarship and research base for this emergent field of inquiry and practice. Better theories, evidence and examples will make it easier for all of us to lift the many boats needed to traverse these seas.
Read more43 Steps to a Well-Prepared Design Strategist (via the design strategist)
I stumbled upon this list of “to-dos” and related resources aimed at preparing someone to serve as a design strategist.
Read moreDesign and Science: An Opportunity for Knowledge Translation and Exchange??
Knowledge translation models, such as the widely cited one conceived of by the Canadian Institutes for Health Research, are both process and outcome oriented; ideal for designers. KT is a designed process and the more it is approached through the lens of design thinking, the greater likelihood we’ll get a system that reflects its intentions better than what we currently have.
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