February, 2011 // Posts published in February, 2011
Design-Thinking Can Lead to ‘Nutty’ Ideas
Just ask the urban planners in New Orleans and they’ll contest that their experience with design-thinking and innovation has led to a nutty idea indeed: a wonderfully innovative park concept that will create lush green space and impromptu community gathering spaces and add beauty and eco-conscious features to an otherwise abandoned patch of land in...
Money Talks, BS Walks
Let’s start this conversation with a little pop quiz. True or False… Government funding for social programs is insufficiently focused n results and performance. Inadequate performance evaluation allows ineffective programs to persist. The proof-of-concept process for social innovations is slow. Innovation is risky and public officials are wary of failure. Preventative programs often don’t’ get...
What does that mean?
One thing I’ve noticed in working in the design strategy and innovation space is that there’s little understanding of the vocabulary practitioners use. There’s definitely a unique lexicon at play, and occasionally even the most entrenched of us prefer to smile and nod knowingly versus admitting that we don’t understand the meaning of the newest...
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