1.
Arne van Oosterom
THE FUTURE
OF DESIGNERS

2.
Arne van Oosterom
Creative Leadership Coach
Facilitator
Founder Blue Sky Republic
DesignThinkers Academy
DesignThinkers Group

3.
DESIGNERS?

4.
“HOMO SAPIENS RULE THE
WORLD BECAUSE IT IS THE
ONLY ANIMAL THAT CAN
BELIEVE IN THINGS THAT
EXIST PURELY IN ITS OWN
IMAGINATION, SUCH AS
GODS, STATES, MONEY
AND HUMAN RIGHTS.”
- YUVAL NOAH HARARI

5.
HUMANS CAN
IMAGINE
THINGS THAT
DO NOT EXIST

6.
ADMITTING
IGNORANCE
SPARKED THE
SCIENTIFIC
REVOLUTION

7.
SCIENCE +
ART =
DESIGN?

8.
DESIGN =
CONNECTING

9.
DESIGNERS
MANIPULATE THE
TANGIBLE AND
INTANGIBLE INTO
NEW MEANING

10.
DESIGNERS
WORK AT THE
INTERSECTIONS

11.
WHY
People
Needs &
Desires…
CONTEXT
Society,
Politics,
Culture,
Trends…
ORGANIZATION,
Business,
Community,
Teams…
HOW
Feasibility,
Technology…

12.
WHY
People
Needs &
Desires…
CONTEXT
Society,
Politics,
Culture,
Trends…
ORGANIZATION,
Business,
Community,
Teams…
HOW
Feasibility,
Technology…

13.
OUR
WORLD
WITHOUT
DESIGN?

14.
THE FUTURE IS
UNPREDICTABLE

15.
ROBOTICS

16.
ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE

17.
VIRTUAL
REALITY

18.
QUANTUM
COMPUTING

19.
PEOPLE CAN NOT &
SHOULD NOT
COMPETE WITH
TECHNOLOGY

20.
UNIQUELY
HUMAN
SKILLS?

21.
IF YOU CAN BE
REPLACES BY AN
ALGORITHM, YOU
WILL BE REPLACED
BY AN ALGORITHM

22.
CREATIVITY IS AN
UNIQUELY HUMAN
TRAIT THAT NO
ALGORITHM CAN
REPLACE

23.
…YET…

24.
CREATIVITY

25.
EDGE OF CHAOS

26.
“IF YOU’RE NOT
PREPARED TO BE
WRONG, YOU’LL NEVER
COME UP WITH
ANYTHING ORIGINAL”
- SIR KEN ROBINSON

27.
HUMAN BEING ARE
CREATIVITY BEINGS.
HOW DO WE
UNLEASH AND
NURTURE THIS
ABILITY?
CREATIVITY NEEDS
A PSYCHOLOGICAL
SAFE SPACE.

28.
TO BE EFFECTIVE (IN WORK AND
IN LIFE) REQUIRES EMPATHY
WITH YOURSELF, YOUR TEAM,
CLIENTS AND PARTICIPANTS.

29.
LEARN BY DOING

30.
WHY
People
Needs &
Desires…
CONTEXT
Society,
Politics,
Culture,
Trends…
ORGANIZATION,
Business,
Community,
Teams…
HOW
Feasibility,
Technology…

31.
WHY
People
Needs &
Desires…
CONTEXT
Society,
Politics,
Culture,
Trends…
ORGANIZATION,
Business,
Community,
Teams…
HOW
Feasibility,
Technology…

32.
IN A WORLD DEALING
WITH COMPLEX &
RAPIDLY CHANGING
SYSTEMS WE NEED
GENERALISTS,
CONNECTORS AND
NAVIGATORS

33.
IN A WORLD DEALING
WITH COMPLEX &
RAPIDLY CHANGING
SYSTEMS WE NEED
GENERALISTS,
CONNECTORS AND
NAVIGATORS

34.
CREATIVE
LEADERSHIP

35.
WHAT DO
YOU THINK?

36.
5 minutes of
re
fl
ection

37.
ASSIGN A
SPOKESPERSON

38.
Break Out
20 minutes

39.
Break
10 minutes

40.
SHARING IS
CARING