This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at cense.ca. #image_title Seeing into the future is fraught with creative issues. While we might know about a future opportunity or situation, what might it feel like? What would it look like if we could ‘try on’ a decision before we bought it? We can. […]
Models of Design Thinking
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at cense.ca. Design Thinking Mode Design Thinking is the process we use to conceive of our products and guide the process of design. Design is . This is the design journey. The benefits to engaging with design thinking go beyond the outcomes and include a variety […]
Engaging in Beautiful Work
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at cense.ca. #image_title If you’re stuck, looking to energize what you do, or reclaim the purpose of your organization or yourself, look to beauty to help you out. Organizational aesthetics is a domain of practice that fuses workplace design, organizational psychology, and strategy. The focus […]
Designing for Significance
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at cense.ca. #image_title If you’re stuck, consider the opportunity to make a mark with your work. Organizations often lack meaning in their work, not capability, when they find themselves stuck. One way to reinvigorate your work, your organization and yourself is to explore the idea […]
Design Skills for The Present
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at cense.ca. If you wish to create something new or transform something, you’ll need to design. You must design well if you want that change to achieve something meaningful. What does that mean for designing in the present? What methods and approaches are fit-for-purpose when […]
Going Beyond Asking Why: A New Look at 5 Why’s
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at cense.ca. Why ask Why? We’ve used the 5 Why’s as a powerful, simple vehicle for fostering conversations about why we do things. Often, particularly with well-established programs and services, we lose the connection between the rationale behind why something was done and what value […]
What Is Strategic Design, And Why Might I Need It
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at cense.ca. #image_title 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 […]
How to Use Design for Innovation
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at cense.ca. #InnovationDesignCoffee Design is a human-powered field of practice that combines imagination, certain ways of thinking, and making things. There’s a lot of myth-making and mystery language associated with design, so don’t let that confuse or lose you. Design is a field made of […]
Designing Powerful Gatherings for Impact
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at cense.ca. 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 […]
Strategy as Conversation
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at cense.ca. 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 […]