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- 1. The New Design And why it’s the best tool for innovation at scale.
- 2. The New Design Our understanding of design has traveled far from a form-giving and styling skillset to become a strategic business tool, and now, a process for conceiving, carrying out and conveying meaningful social change. Design is a verb, an activity with intent and impact, resources and constraints, actors and audiences. And it requires leadership at every stage.
- 3. “As homo sapiens’s entry in any intergalactic design competition, industrial civilization would be tossed out at the qualifying round.” David Orr
- 4. i The traditional designer is an individual creator. Think Raymond Loewy, Frank Lloyd Wright, Paul Rand, Bucky Fuller @cherylheller dsi.sva.edu
- 5. The creative output we recognize and reward is the product of individual vision. 3 @cherylheller @svadsi @cherylheller dsi.sva.edu
- 7. iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii We need to evolve from creators to creative transformers, from authors to partners. @cherylheller dsi.sva.edu
- 8. The new design emerges from what from what Paul Hawkins has called the “largest movement on earth”:
- 9. Inside communities and at a systems level, the new design re-imagines and reinvigorates human resources. @cherylheller dsi.sva.edu
- 10. It requires new skills and knowledge Traditional design skills: Social design skills: Skills common to all effective social impact participants Visualizing Critique Form giving Interaction design Project management Identity Development (visual) Mapping Storytelling Iteration/Prototyping Communication Persuasion Research Ethnographic methods Innovation Critical thinking Writing Cross-disciplinary problem solving Project Management Identity Development (systemic) Documentation Synthesis/analysis Facilitation Relationship building Sympathy (listening) Humility Partnering Collaboration Entrepreneurship Theory of Change Negotiation Leadership Systems thinking Contextualizing Prioritization Discipline Financial management @cherylheller dsi.sva.edu
- 11. It requires the skills of leadership Social design skills: Mapping Storytelling Iteration/Prototyping Communication Persuasion Research Ethnographic methods Innovation Critical thinking Writing Cross-disciplinary problem solving Project Management Identity Development (systemic) Documentation Synthesis/analysis Facilitation Skills common to all effective social impact participants Relationship building Sympathy (listening) Humility Partnering Collaboration Entrepreneurship Theory of Change Negotiation Leadership Systems thinking Contextualizing Prioritization Discipline Financial management @cherylheller dsi.sva.edu
- 12. It requires seeing reality from multiple perspectives. You. End-users. Your client, sponsor. All other affected audiences, stakeholders. @cherylheller dsi.sva.edu
- 13. The way it works: @cherylheller dsi.sva.edu
- 14. 1. Identity is destiny. @cherylheller dsi.sva.edu
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- 17. 2. Communication is the basis of all relationships and relationships are the beginning and end of life.
- 19. DSI Design for Social Innovation In the collective, leadership is more important than ever. February 12, 1809 22
- 20. DSI Design for Social Innovation DEFINITION 1. Definition. Rectify the language Define the vision Brand promise Name UNDERSTANDING 2. Understanding. Allow the brand promise to dictate behavior Audit communications and experience Make your case ENGAGEMENT 3. Engagement. Find the emotion Make it participatory Make sure it’s true Execute last and less 23
- 22. Engaging a whole city in changing its future. 15
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- 31. 7. Stories are real. @cherylheller dsi.sva.edu
- 33. 8. Creativity is bigger than innovation. Design is more than thinking. @cherylheller @svadsi @cherylheller dsi.sva.edu
- 35. DSI Design for Social Innovation What we did Stand up. Organize around an issue Put up a flag Say why you care Draw your greatest hopes and fears Map your assets Write your shared vision. Draw your strategy for getting to that vision. Everyone, commit to something. 56
- 36. DSI Design for Social Innovation What we didn’t do Work as individuals. (Be who you need to be but work as a group) Work in silos (shared vision) Focus on problems Laws vs accountability Heroes vs citizens Context vs culture 57
- 37. DSI Design for Social Innovation Co-creation See, Map Envision Observe Inquire Explore Connect Play Create Experiment Define Strategize, Prototype Test Measure Accelerate Implement Engage, Amplify Attract Adapt Evaluate Teach @ SVADSI @Cheryl Heller
- 38. H “You must forgive me, my dear friend. I’m a lover of learning, and trees and open country won’t teach me anything, whereas men in the town do.” Socrates
- 39. Thank you. Anything else you want to know? DSI Design for Social Innovation @cherylheller 62 @svadsi
- 40. Join us. Thank you. DSI Design for Social Innovation @cherylheller 63 @svadsi