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Tag Archives: Innovation
Where Good Ideas Come From
People often credit their ideas to individual “Eureka!” moments. But Steven Johnson shows how history tells a different story. His fascination tour takes us from the “liquid networks” of London’s coffee houses to Charles Darwin’s long, slow hunch to today’s … Continue reading
GK VanPatter at Aalto University
Humantific CoFounder GK VanPatter will give a talk on SenseMaking for ChangeMaking at Aalto University Design Factory in Helsinki Finland, next week, Wednesday November 24. For more information contact: Wycliffe Raduma wycliffe.raduma (at) tkk.fi
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Tagged Beyond Service Design, ChangeMaking, Clarity not Simplicity, CoCreation, Conscious CoCreation, Design Research, GK VanPatter, History of Creative Intelligence, Innovation, Masters of Innovation, Meta CoCreation, SenseMaking, Social Change, Social Innovation, Social Transformation, Transformation
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Humantific in Finland
Humantific CoFounder GK VanPatter will be giving several presentations on SenseMaking for ChangeMaking and working with faculty members at Savonia University of Applied Sciences and Kuopio Academy of Design in Finland Sept 14, 15, 16. To learn more about the PALMU UnConference at … Continue reading
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Tagged After Unconferences, Applied Creativity, Beyond Service Design, ChangeMaking, CoCreation, Design Research, Design Thinking, GK VanPatter, History of Creative Intelligence, Hybrid Thinking, Imagination, Innovation, Integrative Thinking Research, SenseMaking, Strategy CoCreation, Transformation
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Why “UnConferences” Disappoint
After attending many formally and informally structured events framed as “design thinking” sessions branded as conferences, workshops, meetings and unconferences we have observed several dialogue patterns that are relatively consistent. Many informal design thinking unconference-like events seem to reflect the … Continue reading
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Tagged After Unconferences, Beyond 100% Emergence, Beyond Service Design, ChangeMaking, CoCreation, Design Research, Design Thinking, History of Creative Intelligence, Innovation, NextD Geographies, SenseMaking, Transformation
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40 Reasons Why “UnConferences” Disappoint
After attending many formally and informally structured events framed as “design thinking” sessions branded as conferences, workshops, meetings and unconferences we have observed several dialogue patterns that are relatively consistent. Many informal design thinking unconference-like events seem to reflect the … Continue reading
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Tagged Applied Creativity, Beyond Service Design, ChangeMaking, CoCreation, Conscious CoCreation, Creative Problem Solving Styles, Design Research, History of Creative Intelligence, Hybrid Thinking, Imagination, Innovation, Integrative Thinking Research, SenseMaking, Strategy CoCreation, Thinking Styles, Transformation
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Humantific at Transforming Design UK
Humantific CoFounder, Elizabeth Pastor will be speaking on the subject of SenseMaking for ChangeMaking at the Transforming Design Conference in London on Sept 7. Around the world we continue to see significant interest in real world examples of how design … Continue reading
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Tagged Applied Creativity, Beyond Service Design, ChangeMaking, CoCreation, Design 3.0, Design 4.0, Design Research, History of Creative Intelligence, Hybrid Thinking, Imagination, Innovation, Integrative Thinking Research, NextDesign Thinking, SenseMaking, Strategy CoCreation, Transformation
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SenseMaking for ChangeMaking on ISSUU
Humantific CoFounder Elizabeth Pastor presented SenseMaking for ChangeMaking at Icograda’s Straight to Business Conference in Madrid, June 24-25, 2010. Inside the presentation Elizabeth explains how Humantific has been working in the realm of enabling Integrated Thinking for Innovation in large … Continue reading
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Elizabeth to teach in Masters Program
Elizabeth Pastor will be teaching in the new Communication Design Labs Masters Program in the European Institute of Design in Madrid. She recently visited the school and met with Alejandro Norniella, and had a short interview. See it here: http://masterdesigninnovation.com/noticias/elisabeth-pastor-profesora-del-communication-design-labs-comenta-en-ied-madrid-las-nuevas-posibilidades-del-diseno/
Elizabeth Pastor at Hub / Madrid
Elizabeth Pastor visits with friends at The Hub Madrid for spontaneous social innovation. A great place that brings entrepreneurs and social innovators, right next to the great CaixaForum in Paseo del Prado. Thanks Felix for inviting us! http://madrid.the-hub.net/
Markets for Giving Workshop
Humantific has been working with Liquidnet for Good and Global Giving to codesign a three day Markets for Giving strategic cocreation workshop that was codelivered June 23-25 at Liquidnet corporate headquarters in New York. Multinational workshop participants included thought leaders from numerous … Continue reading
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GK VanPatter at Copenhagen B School
In Denmark last week CoFounder GK VanPatter met with a group of faculty members at the Copenhagen Business School to discuss Design Thinking, Integrative Thinking, Design Futures, SenseMaking and ChangeMaking. Humantific is in collaborative conversations with a forward thinking faculty … Continue reading
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Humantific at Icograda Madrid
Humantific CoFounder Elizabeth Pastor will be speaking on SenseMaking for ChangeMaking at Icograda’s Straight to Business Conference in Madrid, June 24-25. “Straight to Business: Icograda Design Week in Madrid 2010 will bring together designers, business leaders, key regional and international … Continue reading
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Making Sense of Complexity
Appearing today in the New York Times: Making Sense of Complexity “Look at the military’s PowerPoint slide of the Afghanistan war, a labyrinth of cross-thatching lines and arrows swirling around words like INSURGENTS and COALITION CAPACITY & PRIORITIES. “When we … Continue reading
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Tagged Beyond Service Design, ChangeMaking, CoCreation, Design Research, History of Creative Intelligence, Innovation, Rise of SenseMaking, SenseMaking, Transformation
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Design Thinking Made Visible Project
For those interested in the subjects of Integrative Thinking, Organizational Transformation, Reinvention of Design, Constructing Inclusion, Thinking Diversity, Design 3.0, 4.0, Visual SenseMaking, Strategic CoCreation, Design Thinking, Innovation Harmonics: Humantific has published the Design Thinking Made Visible Project as part of our … Continue reading
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