Creating Radically Better Futures
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This document summarizes a lecture about anticipating change and creating better futures. It discusses how the world is changing faster than ever due to factors like climate change, technology, and population growth. It argues we must understand society, communities, and people on different levels in order to design relevant solutions. The process involves top-down research to identify issues and opportunities, then bottom-up research meeting with innovators. Design thinking is used to make opportunities desirable, viable and feasible. The document urges being willing to think differently, collaborating openly, doing good for society as well as profit, and taking a long view that combines futures thinking with design thinking.
Creating Radically Better Futures
- 1. CREATING _____ RADICALLY ____ BETTER ________ FUTURES ______ Image credit: NASA / Hubble
- 2. FEB 23 2011 SCHOOL OF VISUAL ARTS / NYC MFA / IXD LECTURE SERIES VILLE TIKKA WEVOLVE.US Image credit: NASA / Hubble
- 3. Image credit: NASA / Hubble 1
- 5. THE WORLD IS CHANGING FASTER THAN EVER BEFORE. NO KIDDING. ANTICIPATING THE CHANGE HAS BECOME A CRITICAL CAPACITY FOR EVERY CREATIVE ENDEAVOR FROM SERVICE DESIGN TO PRODUCT INNOVATION AND URBAN PLANNING.
- 6. OUR FUTURE IS TBD BY : CLIMATE CRISIS, SOCIAL WEB, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, STEM CELLS, POLLUTION, PANDEMICS, SENSING ENVIRONMENTS, RECESSION, PEAK RESOURCES, SENSORIAL ENHANCEMENTS, POPULATION GROWTH, POVERTY, AUGMENTED REALITY, ETC MAJOR FORCES AND DEVELOPMENTS.
- 7. “EXTREME IMPROBABLE EVENTS ARE THE NORM RATHER THAN THE EXCEPTION. THEY DOMINATE THE WORLD.” WE CAN’T PREDICT THESE EVENTS BUT WE SHOULD BUILD ROBUSTNESS AGAINST NEGATIVE ONES AND BE ABLE TO BENEFIT FROM THE POSITIVE ONES. -Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Author of The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
- 8. THE GOOD NEWS : BIG PROBLEMS AND MAJOR CHALLENGES – BOTH THE ONES WE C AN ANTICIPATE AND THE ONES WE C AN’T – TRANSLATE INTO HUGE OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPLORE AND CREATE NEW AND BETTER WAYS OF LIVING AND DOING :
- 9. ARK – CONCEPTUAL MULTIPURPOSE BUILDING FOR 10.000 PEOPLE, DESIGNED TO WITHSTAND NATURAL DISASTERS /by Alexander Remizov Image credit: REMISTUDIO/ALEXANDER REMIZOV
- 10. ROLLING MASTERPLAN – CITY ON RAILS TO REORGANIZE URBAN SPACE AND ADJUST CITIES /by Jagnefalt Milton Image credit: http://www.jagnefaltmilton.com
- 11. BUT IT’S NOT ABOUT ARCHITECTURE ONLY. DIGITAL SOLUTIONS AND SYSTEMS HAVE BECOME A CRUCIAL FRONTIER OF INNOVATION WHERE WE EXPLORE BETTER WAYS TO TACKLE MAJOR PROBLEMS. THE SCOPE OF DIGITAL (DESIGN) IS CONSTANTLY BROADENING :
- 12. SOCIETY COMMUNITY PEOPLE X SERVICES PLATFORMS ECOSYSTEMS
- 13. BETAVILLE – COLLABORATIVE ONLINE ENVIRONMENT FOR PARTICIPATORY URBAN DESIGN THAT ALLOWS ANYONE TO JOIN DEVELOPMENT OF REAL CITIES /by Brooklyn Experimental Media Center, NYU & Hochschule Bremen
- 14. GIVE A MINUTE – VIRTUAL SUGGESTION BOX AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT PLATFORM THAT AGGREGATES IDEAS AND FACILITATES CONVERSATION /by Local Projects, CEOs for Cities & Rockefeller Foundation
- 15. Image credit: NASA / Hubble 2
- 16. ANTICIPATE CHANGE & IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES
- 17. TO BE ABLE TO CREATE RELEVANT AND MEANINGFUL SOLUTIONS & SYSTEMS WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THE WORLD AND PEOPLE WE ARE DESIGNING WITH AND FOR ON DIFFERENT LEVELS :
- 18. SOCIETY & ECOSYSTEMS SOCIETY > ECONOMIC / POLITICAL / FUTURES RESEARCH, ETC ------------------------------------------ COMMUNITY COMMUNITY & PLATFORMS > SOCIO-CULTURAL RESEARCH, ETC PEOPLE ----------------------------------------- X PEOPLE & SERVICES SERVICES > HUMAN CENTERED DESIGN / MARKETING RESEARCH, ETC PLATFORMS ------------------------------------------------- HUMANS & INTERACTION > USABILITY / HUMAN FACTORS ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH, ETC
- 19. THE BROADER WE GO OR THE BIGGER SYSTEMS WE DESIGN, THE MORE WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE FUTURE CONTEXT AND SOCIO-CULTURAL REALITIES IN ADDITION TO THE MORE STABLE BEHAVIORS AND HUMAN PRINCIPLES.
- 20. THE PROCESS :
- 21. FIRST WE NEED TO RETHINK THE SYSTEMS WE LIVE IN AND TAKE A BIRD’S GAZE TO THE ISSUES WE ARE FACING. THIS HOLISTIC TOP-DOWN RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS IS NEEDED TO ENSURE THE FRESH FOCUS FOR THE WORK.
- 22. THE METHODS INCLUDE : RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS OF THE SOCIAL, TECHNOLOGICAL, ENVIRONMENTAL, ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL MACRO FORCES AND SYSTEMS, DONE IN COLLABORATION WITH LEADING EXPERTS.
- 24. DEFINING A FRESH FOCUS : ALEX BOGUSKY : Introducing Common – part community, part incubator and part media-channel – a “living network for a new brand of capitalism that spreads love and prosperity to all stakeholders.”
- 25. THEN, WITH A CRISP NEW FOCUS IN MIND WE SHOULD MEET THE VANGUARD OF CHANGE TO IDENTIFY AND DEFINE NEW OPPORTUNITIES. THIS BOTTOM-UP RESEACRH AND ANALYSIS GETS US UNDER THE SKIN OF THE ISSUE TO SEE HOW CHANGE C AN AND SHOULD HAPPEN.
- 26. SOME OF THE METHODS ARE : INTERVIEWS OF THINKERS AND DOERS – REAL AND VIRTUAL ETHNOGRAPHIES – OBSERVATIONS – IMMERSIONS INTO SOCIAL MOVEMENTS, CURIOUS ARTICLES, QUIRKY BLOGS, EXPLORATIVE REPORTS, ART EXHIBITIONS – ETC.
- 27. TO IDENTIFY NEW CONCRETE OPPORTUNITIES WE SHOULD EMBRACE FUTURES THINKING : ART CULTURE TECH
- 28. WE CAN CONNECT AND COLLABORATE WITH THE ONES WHO ARE ON THE CUSP OF CULTURAL, ARTISTIC OR TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE – PEOPLE WHO DARE TO THINK DIFFERENTLY AND DEVELOP NEW IDEAS ABOUT FUTURE AND ACTIVELY EXPERIMENT WITH NEW MEANS TO GET THERE.
- 29. THEN DESIRABILITY DEFINE WITH DESIGN THINKING :
- 30. DESIRABILITY > HOW PEOPLE GIVE MEANING TO THINGS AND WHAT THEY FIND RELEVANT. VIABILITY > WHAT KIND OF MODELS OR SYSTEMS ARE VIABLE AND SUSTAINABLE. FEASIBILITY > WHY SOME TECHNOLOGICAL ENABLERS WILL SUCCEED AND WHY OTHERS WON'T.
- 31. Image credit: NASA / Hubble 3
- 32. BE THE CHANGE
- 34. FIRST : DON’T CREEP – LEAP. BE WILLING TO THINK DIFFERENTLY. “WE CAN’T SOLVE PROBLEMS USING THE SAME KIND OF THINKING WE USED WHEN WE CREATED THEM.” - A lbert Einstein
- 35. EXPLORE THE TOTAL OPPORTUNITY SPACE FOR INNOVATION : INCREMENTAL EVOLUTIONARY REVOLUTIONARY
- 36. INCREMENTAL CHANGE MIGHT RESULT TO BACKWARD CHANGE IN THE LONG RUN. EVOLUTIONARY CHANGE CREATES SHORT TERM SUCCESS – BUT THAT’S IT. ONLY THINKING THE UNTHINKABLE CREATES THE CAPACITY TO START A NEW ERA!
- 37. Sunglasses by Jeremy Sco1 X Linda Farrow SS2011
- 38. SECOND : ORCHESTRATE & COLLABORATE. EMPOWERING PEOPLE AT THE VANGUARD OF CHANGE IS THE SAFEST BET FOR SYSTEMIC RADICAL INNOVATION THAT CREATES DESIRABLE, VIABLE AND FEASIBLE MEANS FOR FUTURE.
- 39. OPEN COLLABORATIVE PROCESS ALLOWS MULTIPLE ENTRY POINTS FOR PARTICIPATION : PROBLEM & IDEATION & EVALUATION & INSIGHT CONCEPTING ITERATION DEFINITION
- 40. THIRD : DO GOOD – DO WELL. ECOSYSTEMS THAT CREATE VERSATILE VALUE – SUCH AS FINANCIAL, SOCIAL, AND CULTURAL CAPITAL – AND DISTRIBUTE THE VALUE ARE LIKELY TO BE MORE VIABLE AND SUSTAINABLE IN THE LONG TERM.
- 41. MAKE PROFIT DO HARM X DO GOOD MAKE LOSS
- 42. FOURTH : TAKE THE LONG AND BROAD VIEW. MORE THAN EVER BEFORE “A DESIGNER IS AN EMERGING SYNTHESIS OF ARTIST, INVENTOR, MECHANIC, OBJECTIVE ECONOMIST AND EVOLUTIONARY STRATEGIST” -R. Buckminster Fuller
- 43. MARRY DESIGN THINKING WITH FUTURES THINKING. FUTURES THINKING DESIGN THINKING
- 44. CREATE _______ RADICALLY ____ BETTER ________ FUTURES ______