The document discusses a workshop on designing more effectively for social impact that was held in June 2017. It notes that as designers help create new technologies like social networks and self-driving cars, they need new stories and mythologies to address the societal implications. The document suggests evolving from human-centered design to humanity-centered design and notes that being an effective change agent involves strategically applying different levels of craft and influence over time to have impact.

11. QUESTION
EVERYTHING
Workshop on
designing more
effectively for
social impact
June 17, 2017
SUSAN J. WOLFE
susanjwolfe@oestrategy.com @susanjwolfe
RICHARD ANDERSON
riander@oestrategy.com @riander
OE Strategy
www.oestrategy.com
@oestrategy

27. the birth of a designer as activist?

32. September 2017

45. Sounds like good design ethics, no?

62. The trick to being an effective change agent is knowing how to
dance with the dynamics of time and shifting vectors of influence—
sensing how to pick and choose battles, applying levels of craft,
charming your challengers, and so on, all toward being impactful in
your pursuits.

69. June 2017

80. Every day as designers, we are contributing to creating a new world
– one filled with international social networks, virtual personal
assistants, and self-driving car fleets. In lieu of a long history of
shared culture with these technologies, we need new stories and
mythologies to address the societal implications of these
transformations.

82. It’s time to evolve from human-centered design to
humanity-centered design…

93. riander@oestrategy.com
@riander
oestrategy.com
Thank you!