Generation Real-Time — top 10 trends
Have to admit to really enjoying twitter. Just connects me to info that I wouldn’t otherwise find. Yesterday I was cruising around my twitter entries and found Stephen Davies, a communications consultant from the UK. http://stedavies.com/ He was talking about a “DAVOS for Youth” that is happening this week in London — called One Young […]
Is design thinking really a hot business concept?
Reflecting on language is always fun. What we label an idea is amazingly important to its success and evolution. We all struggle with the word sustainability — to use (because it has been around since Gro Brundtland in 1987 and there doesn’t seem to be another good word) or not to use (because it has […]
More design thoughts…
Design thinking is certainly about envisioning the future and imagining how to create more effective results in terms of products, services or systems. The annual forecast issue from Monocle has the tag line of “Prescriptions for a Better 2010”. The Monocle Manifesto of 10 ideas for a change agenda provide a diverse set of actions […]
Design Thoughts for 2010 .. part 1
Call them “manifestos” for 2010 — although I have put own design thinking spin on them. In the Dec 09/Jan 10 issue of Monocle, several writers teamed up to produce “A Better Blueprint” — a 10 point agenda for change in 2010. It strikes me as a good example of using a bit of design thinking […]