Last summer I attended a class at Wharton Business School about Peripheral Vision – it was part of a Leadership Development Program arranged by LinKS here in Denmark.
The visit was great for several reasons, and one of the outcomes from my stay here was some great learning points about acting on the unexpected.
My teacher was Paul Shoemaker – GREAT authority in the field of strategic planning.
In my daily work I advice clients on how to cope with uncertainty, creating innovation cultures and helping them to understand how they can use multidisciplinary approaches towards better product- and business development.
Since my posting here at CPH127 back in the early 2006 I’ve been struggling with how I could link design thinking to the use of social software. In Connecta we are heavy users of Social Software as part of our problem solving process
But few months ago I got it – I think. Like the design-thinking ingredient I began to realize that social software provide several aspects which I believe is crucial for good development processes:
- Multi disciplinary input
- Open processes
- Ability to prototype
- Democratized dialogue
- Rapid development
- Improved timing in product launch
And by seeing that I think I got the reason why start blogging here at CPH127 again 
If you know about Social Software, innovation and design-thinking which similarities do you see - if any?
4 comments so far
Hans,
Sorry to be OT but I’ve tried repeatedly to reach out to Connecta via email to no avail. Not sure what the issue is.
-Doug
Hey Douglass
Sorry for the delay - please check your mail
Hej CPH127,
I write here to touch with you.
I am an industrial designer living in Copenhagen but from one of the destinations from CPH, Tokyo.
I’ve been working on product developments, especially on concept developments and CI (Corporate Identity) and writing some articles for design magazines and some books in Japan.
Now, I’m working on to figure out design with social relationships, ex. sustainable design, design for all, etc. among ordinally product developments ( how to create design related with social matters).
We know that design could play an important roll to change the world, but design is not just a tool for gaining economical deal.
Hi Narumi
Sorry for my late reply - here I am. I would certainly love to meet you here in Copenhagen. Still here?