Strategic Design is the application of design methods, principles, thinking, and approaches to an enterprise. It combines aspects of systems design, service design, and design thinking. Strategic Design focuses on aligning the organization’s resources, interests, and goals with what it does. It ensures that your organization is fit for purpose. Fit For Purpose We use …
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There is an art to creating a great gathering. There is also a science of sorts. We create great gatherings by design — meaning we take the principles of great service design and apply them to an event. Whether it is a board retreat, an annual general meeting, or maybe a think tank, a great …
A great strategy is designed. This means it was planned, implemented, and evaluated in ways that are aligned with the vision of the organization. Poor strategy neglect some or all of this. We’ve seen many strategies poorly planned, not implemented, never evaluated and misaligned with the values and vision of the organization. However, because we …
You might have heard or read about concepts like Systems Thinking and Design Thinking (both with and without capital letters) and asked yourself: what do they mean? We see both of these are frameworks for thinking about problems. It’s somewhat confusing, but both systems thinking and design thinking are more than just ways of thinking, …
The Cynefin Framework is among the most widely used frameworks for understanding how systems are organized. It might be the most practical means of bringing systems thinking to life. A system, after all, is simply an organization of things within some constraint or boundary. We rely on The Cynefin Framework (pronounced /kəˈnɛvɪn/ kuh-NEV-in) as a …
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