Design Dialogues

Design for Health Journeys: Rethinking the Many Points of Care

Designdialogues — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 13:03:13 +0000

How can design facilitate better encounters and outcomes for those navigating healthcare systems?

An Explorations event at Strategic Innovation Lab

Monday, April 30, 2012 – 5:00pm – 7:00pm

Healthcare systems are institutional and slow to change, yet people are adaptive and respond to culture and technologies. By observing how people seek health betterment and navigate . . . → Read More: Design for Health Journeys: Rethinking the Many Points of Care

Strategic Foresight for Building Civilization 2.0

Designdialogues — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 13:21:43 +0000

Seeing and Shaping Our future: Becoming Better Agents of Change and Transformation

Several grad students and faculty from OCADU Strategic Foresight & Innovation engaged in this two-day workshop held at the Design Exchange, conducted by Ruben Nelson of Foresight Canada. The opportunity was extended by The British Council for us to participate, and we joined . . . → Read More: Strategic Foresight for Building Civilization 2.0

Same As It Ever Was

Designdialogues — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 23:31:28 +0000

We have been in the same global mega-crisis for 50 years now. Two proposals were presented to the Club of Rome in 1969. The board selected the System Dynamics modeling project supported by Jay Forrester’s World Model, with the results published by Meadows, Meadows and Randers in 1972 as The Limits to Growth. The Club . . . → Read More: Same As It Ever Was

Wikipedia – The Sound of a Million Monkeys Typing

Designdialogues — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 16:55:56 +0000

Britannica finally shut down its print version, and of course pundits blamed Wikipedia. They might have blamed Britannica online, on which you can search for free and read longer pieces. Just like Wikipedia.

We, the Weberati, have been entranced by the rapid growth and apparent cooperative organization of the free-to-read Wikipedia. Academics and commentators have . . . → Read More: Wikipedia – The Sound of a Million Monkeys Typing

Is Online Civil Participation Sufficient to the Institutional Crisis?

Designdialogues — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 18:20:40 +0000

My last post left off with “We have experience and world-class methods that reliably achieve consensus in social systems to organize stakeholder commitment. The next missing step then is the courage and ambition to reach through the benign neglect, the cynical stalling, the aligned interests in current economies, and to help stakeholders move forward on . . . → Read More: Is Online Civil Participation Sufficient to the Institutional Crisis?