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Tag Archives: Transformation
Thinking Made Visible Research

We are delighted to see so much interest in Humantific’s Integrative Thinking Research Initiative. Much to our surprise viewers of the Design Thinking Made Visible Project story have exceeded 15,000. Posted for public viewing the research outcome included these findings: … Continue reading
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Tagged Beyond Service Design, ChangeMaking, Clarity not Simplicity, CoCreation, Design Research, Design Thinking, Design Thinking Made Visible, History of Creative Intelligence, Innovation, Innovation Process Research, Integrative Thinking Research, NextD Geographies, ReRethinking Design, ReReThinking Design Education, SenseMaking, Thinking Research, Transformation, Whole Brain Information Fields
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Humantific at the BBC

Bringing Complexity Navigation Skills to the BBC in London Humantific is working with the BBC bringing Complexity Navigation Skills to their User Experience & Design senior leadership team this summer and fall seasons. Humantific’s Janet Getto and Elizabeth Pastor spent … Continue reading
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Tagged Beyond Design 2.0, Beyond Service Design, Beyond Storming & Gaming, Beyond UX, ChangeMaking, CoCreation, Design Research, History of Creative Intelligence, Humantific Academy, Innovation, Integrative Thinking Research, London, Masters of Innovation, NextD Geographies, SenseMaking, StrategyLab, Systems Thinking, Teaching CoCreation Now, Transformation, Upstream Skills, Upstream Thinking, Upstream Value Add
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NextD Workshops Registration Open!

New York City: July 26–29, 2011 (9am-6pm) Register on nextd.eventbrite.com. WorkshopONE: Exploring cross-disciplinary innovation now! WorkshopTWO: Understanding cross-disciplinary innovation now! WorkshopTHREE: Leading cross-disciplinary innovation now! ARE YOU READY? Are you ready to cut through all the baloney and hype around … Continue reading
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Tagged Beyond Service Design, Beyond Storming & Gaming, ChangeMaking, CoCreation, Conscious CoCreation, Design Research, History of Creative Intelligence, Innovation, NextD Geographies, SenseMaking, Transformation
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The Power of Your Mind

We love and respect innovation history. In the marketplace we see some experts running around claiming to have invented everything from integrative thinking to various forms of innovation. To us such claims are nonsense. We all stand on the shoulders of … Continue reading
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Tagged After Alex Osborn, Applied Creativity, Beyond Service Design, ChangeMaking, CoCreation, Design Research, History of Creative Intelligence, Hybrid Thinking, Imagination, Innovation, Integrative Thinking Research, SenseMaking, Strategy CoCreation, Transformation
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NextDesign Leadership Network

As part of spring cleaning, NextDesign Leadership Institute has converted the Transforming Transformation discussion list on LinkedIn since 2007, to NextDesign Leadership Network. The focus of the open discussion list will remain on NextD’s original root subject: next design leadership. … Continue reading
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Tagged Design Thinking, NextD Geographies, ReRethinking Design, Transformation
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Remaking Meaning?

Thoughts on AIGA’s One Day For Design Since a lot of what we do here at Humantific is upstream strategy cocreation with organizations as part of change making initiatives, we were somewhat puzzled to see how AIGA (formerly American Institute … Continue reading
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Tagged 1D4D (AIGA's 1 Day for Design), AIGA, Applied Creativity, Beyond Service Design, ChangeMaking, Clarity not Simplicity, CoCreation, Collaboration, Design Research, Future of Design, History of Creative Intelligence, Hybrid Thinking, Imagination, Innovation, Integrative Thinking Research, NextD Geographies, ReRethinking Design, SenseMaking, Strategy CoCreation, Strategy Now, Transformation
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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, SenseMaking, Social Change, Social Innovation, Social Transformation, Transformation
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Mapping Markets for Good

Humantific and Liquidnet partnered to create Making Sense of Markets for Good which was presented and was on display at the SOCAP10 Conference in San Francisco, October 4–6. Markets for Good was designed to help explain the primary challenges and opportunities … Continue reading
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Tagged Beyond Storming & Gaming, Markets for Good, Social Change, Social Innovation, 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
Design Thinking Tops 12,000 Readers
This week Humantific’s Design Thinking Made Visible Project topped 12,000 readers. Published on ISSUU as part of Humantific’s virtual book series this project book provides a glimpse into our ongoing Integrative Thinking Research Initiative underway for ten years. The book provides … Continue reading
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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Tagged Applied Creativity, Beyond Service Design, Beyond Storming & Gaming, ChangeMaking, Clarity not Simplicity, CoCreation, Conscious CoCreation, Design Research, History of Creative Intelligence, Hybrid Thinking, Imagination, Innovation, Integrative Thinking Research, SenseMaking, Strategy CoCreation, Transformation
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