Oriol Pascual

Sustainability, innovation, entrepreneurship

The Future of Sustainable Design Thinking

Steve Bishop

Steve Bishop is global lead of environmental impact at the design and business innovation firm IDEO:

There’s a need for making sustainability compelling to people in ways other than adhering to policies, avoiding regulatory encounters. This is an opportunity for growth in business, and an opportunity for positive impact. Ideas flow in a generative nature, building on one another. 

Keep reading the interview at The Atlantic

RT @core77: Double Diamond for Sustainable Strategy: Participatory LCA and Design Thinking, by Stephen Clune and Simon Lockrey: http:// …

Adam Greenfield @agpublic: Forget about smart cities, let’s talk about networked citizens in open systems. Interview by Ideas for Change http://bit.ly/t2IDHn 

The Kaleidoscope Mind

Kaleidoscope

The term kaleidoscope is Greek and is loosely interpreted as “an observer of beautiful forms.” So what, then, is a kaleidoscope mind? A type of mind that is agile, flexible, self-aware, and informed by a diversity of experiences. It’s a mind that is able to perceive any given situation from a multitude of perspectives at will, selecting from a rich repertoire of lenses or frameworks. A kaleidoscope mind is playful, and it must be able to see patterns, connections, and relationships that more rigid minds miss. A kaleidoscope mind can be taught

Via: Design Thinking Barcelona (source: The Atlantic)

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