{"product_id":"design-strategy-isbn-9780262546812","title":"Design Strategy","description":"\u003cb\u003eA new approach to addressing the contemporary world’s most difficult challenges, such as climate change and poverty.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConflicts over “the problem” and “the solution” plague the modern world and land problem solvers in what has been called “wicked problem territory”—a social space with high levels of conflict over problems and solutions. In \u003ci\u003eDesign Strategy\u003c\/i\u003e, Nancy C. Roberts proposes design as a strategy of problem solving to close the gap between an existing state and a desired state. Utilizing this approach, designers and change agents are better able to minimize self-defeating conflicts over problems and solutions, break the logjam of opposition, and avoid the traps that lock problem solvers into a never-ending cycle of conflict.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDesign as a field continues to grow and evolve, but \u003ci\u003eDesign Strategy\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on three levels of design where “wicked problems” tend to lurk—strategic design (of private and public organizations), systemic design (of networked and overlapping economic, technical, political, and social subsystems), and regenerative design (of life-giving realignment between humanity and nature). Within this framework, Roberts presents refreshingly interdisciplinary case studies that integrate theory and practice across diverse fields to guide professionals in any domain—from business and nonprofit organizations to educational and healthcare systems—and finally offers hope that humanity can tackle the existential challenges we face in the twenty-first century.Series Foreword ix\u003cbr\u003ePreface xiii\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments xix\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction 1\u003cbr\u003eI Landing in Wicked Problem Territory \u003cbr\u003e1 From Wicked Problems to Wicked Problem Territory 31\u003cbr\u003e2 Traditional Strategies in Wicked Problem Territory 57\u003cbr\u003eII Design Strategy\u003cbr\u003e3 Introduction to Design Strategy 101\u003cbr\u003e4 Design Strategist's Mindsets and Metadesigns 127\u003cbr\u003e5 Design Strategy's Scaffolding: Skill Sets and Toolkits 147\u003cbr\u003eIII Designing in Wicked Problem Territory \u003cbr\u003e6 Strategic Design 181\u003cbr\u003e7 Systemic Design 207\u003cbr\u003e8 Regenerative Design 235\u003cbr\u003eIV Assessing the Design Strategy \u003cbr\u003e9 Critiques of Design\/Design Thinking 263\u003cbr\u003e10 Design Strategy: Overall Assessment 287\u003cbr\u003eConclusion 311\u003cbr\u003eNotes 325\u003cbr\u003eBibliography 405\u003cbr\u003eIndex 465“\u003ci\u003eDesign Strategy\u003c\/i\u003e offers a well-written, forward-looking synthesis of what change strategists need to know to work more effectively. Read this book if you hope to make the world and its organizations better. You won’t be sorry!”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Sandra Waddock, Galligan Chair of Strategy, Carroll School of Management, \u003cb\u003eBoston College\u003c\/b\u003e; author of \u003ci\u003eCatalyzing Transformation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“The power of \u003ci\u003eDesign Strategy \u003c\/i\u003eis that it is born of real-world cases. Scholars and practitioners interested in the strategic role of design in understanding and addressing intractable, complex, networked situations will find it invaluable.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Mark Bailey, Head of Design Research \u0026amp; Knowledge Exchange, Northumbria University, United Kingdom\u003c\/b\u003eNancy C. Roberts is Professor Emerita of Defense Analysis in the School of Operational and Information Sciences at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. In her research, writing, teaching, and consulting, Roberts uses design strategy to assist business and government leaders in becoming more creative, open-minded, and innovative problem solvers.","brand":"The MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301818454245,"sku":"NP9780262546812","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780262546812.jpg?v=1767725018","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/design-strategy-isbn-9780262546812","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}