Transforming Health Education to Catalyze a Global Paradigm Shift: Systems Thinking, Complexity, and Design Thinking

2018 ◽  
pp. 119-131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chad Swanson ◽  
Matt Widmer
Keyword(s):  
Health Education ◽  
Systems Thinking ◽  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Design Thinking

scholarly journals Redesigning Systems Thinking

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Birger Sevaldson
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Management ◽  
Systems Thinking ◽  
Design Thinking ◽  
Design Strategies ◽  
Working Paper ◽  
The Core ◽  
Core Competences ◽  
Core Concepts ◽  
Many Core ◽  
Systemic Design

The resent movement of Systemic Design seeks for new synergies between Design and Systems. While the usefulness of systems approaches in design has been fairly obvious, this paper argues that many core concepts in design are beneficial in systems thinking. This seems reasonable when it comes to the concept of Design Thinking. However, as this paper argues, the more practical core concepts of design are equally important. Designerly skills have been regarded as belonging mainly in the realm of traditional commercial design, whereas design thinking has been regarded as useful in strategic management settings. This paper argues against the idea of separating design thinking from design action. The skills and competences of design, such as the composition of the shape and form that are obvious in product design, are central to Systems Oriented Design (SOD). SOD is a version in the emerging pluralistic field of Systemic Design. The Systemic Design movement should recognise the core values of design and integrate them in systems thinking. This integration would contribute to innovation in both Systemic Design and systems thinking. Among the core competences of design discussed in the paper are composition, choreography, orchestration, the notion of the Gesamtkunstwerk and open-ended multi-scalar design strategies that allow for both structural and organic development. The paper provides examples to support its proposal for the use of concrete aesthetic principles to guide Systemic Design processes. This paper expands the working paper entitled “Holistic and dynamic concepts in design: What design brings to systems thinking”, which was presented at the RSD3 symposium (2014). 

scholarly journals Systemic Design: Two Canadian Case Studies

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex Ryan ◽  
Mark Leung
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Systems Thinking ◽  
Management System ◽  
Design Thinking ◽  
Clean Energy ◽  
Resource Management System ◽  
First Case ◽  
Systemic Design

This paper introduces two novel applications of systemic design to facilitate a comparison of alternative methodologies that integrate systems thinking and design. In the first case study, systemic design helped the Procurement Department at the University of Toronto re-envision how public policy is implemented and how value is created in the broader university purchasing ecosystem. This resulted in an estimated $1.5 million in savings in the first year, and a rise in user retention rates from 40% to 99%. In the second case study, systemic design helped the clean energy and natural resources group within the Government of Alberta to design a more efficient and effective resource management system and shift the way that natural resource departments work together. This resulted in the formation of a standing systemic design team and contributed to the creation of an integrated resource management system. A comparative analysis of the two projects identifies a shared set of core principles for systemic design as well as areas of differentiation that reveal potential for learning across methodologies. Together, these case studies demonstrate the complementarity of systems thinking and design thinking, and show how they may be integrated to guide positive change within complex sociotechnical systems.

scholarly journals A Framework for Systemic Design

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex Ryan
Keyword(s):  
Systems Thinking ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Design Thinking ◽  
Dynamic Environment ◽  
Service Design ◽  
Design Methods ◽  
Integrated Systems ◽  
Value Conflict ◽  
Systems Approaches ◽  
Systemic Design

As designers move upstream from traditional product and service design to engage with challenges characterised by complexity, uniqueness, value conflict, and ambiguity over objectives, they have increasingly integrated systems approaches into their practice. This synthesis of systems thinking with design thinking is forming a distinct new field of systemic design. This paper presents a framework for systemic design as a mindset, methodology, and set of methods that together enable teams to learn, innovate, and adapt to a complex and dynamic environment. We suggest that a systemic design mindset is inquiring, open, integrative, collaborative, and centred. We propose a systemic design methodology composed of six main activities: framing, formulating, generating, reflecting, inquiring, and facilitating. We view systemic design methods as a flexible and open-ended set of procedures for facilitating group collaboration that are both systemic and designerly.  

Towards a Paradigm Shift in Education Practice: Developing Twenty-First Century Skills with Design Thinking

2012 ◽  
pp. 71-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine Noweski ◽  
Andrea Scheer ◽  
Nadja Büttner ◽  
Julia von Thienen ◽  
Johannes Erdmann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Design Thinking ◽  
First Century ◽  
Education Practice ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
Twenty First Century Skills

Understanding the paradigm shift in education in the twenty-first century

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Basiyr D. Rodney
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Systems Thinking ◽  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Conceptual Analysis ◽  
Systems Design ◽  
Media Analysis ◽  
Research Database ◽  
Education Systems ◽  
Content Type ◽  
K 12

Purpose The purpose of this study is to analyse the potential impact of the Internet of Things (IoT) on education. IoT is more than just novel educational arrangements with new technology and networked computing devices. Taking a systems design perspective, the author argues that IoT represents a paradigm shift in the key drivers of education systems. Design/methodology/approach The paper uses a conceptual analysis based on the systems thinking framework. The paper relies on a literature review as informed by prior studies in the field, social media analysis and research database articles of IoT in education. Findings The paper finds that systems thinking is a useful framework for examining IoT in education. It finds that writers on IoT in education use a number of lenses at looking at how IoT will affect education. All of these can be refined. Findings suggest that IoT technology has the potential to impact how education systems are reimagined and redesigned; that logistics of educational management and the design of learning facilities can become more responsive to student learning needs because of IoT technology; and instructional delivery systems will be reconstituted by IoT technology. This study is of most value to educators, administrators and information systems professionals. Industries of focus include K-12 education, higher education and specialized training fields. Research limitations/implications The research is a conceptual analysis based on social media content and research studies. This is a new line of inquiry; therefore, the sources and data rapidly change. Practical implications The study is practical for educational policymakers and educators to plan for the shift in modes of instructional design, curriculum development and school leadership and organization. Social implications The research will inform the basis for new educational and schooling arrangements; IoT will change the way all of us learn and engage with learning activities. Originality/value The paper is highly original and very valuable for education policymakers as well as educators at all levels.

Design Innovation in Complex Systems Design: Integrating Design Thinking and Systems Thinking

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlye Lauff ◽  
Arianne Collopy ◽  
Amanda Swee ◽  
Wee Yu Hui ◽  
Kenneth Teo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Complex Systems ◽  
Systems Thinking ◽  
Design Thinking ◽  
Systems Design ◽  
Design Innovation

scholarly journals From Product to Service Design: A Thinking Paradigm Shift

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Liliana Rodriguez ◽  
Carlos Peralta
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Product Design ◽  
Systems Thinking ◽  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Service Design ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Core Elements ◽  
Fundamental Transformation ◽  
Primary Unit ◽  
Design Challenges

Society, industry and the economy are all experiencing changes caused by a shift from products to services. While a “problem-solving” approach is commonly used for the development of products, new design approaches are needed as the primary unit of exchange moves from goods to services.  This research argues that a fundamental transformation in the design world is taking place, manifested in a thinking paradigm shift from problem solving (designing products) towards systems thinking (designing services). This paper draws on design literature to identify concepts of systems thinking and problem solving to help understand core elements in the shift from product to service design. It also reports on a series of semi-structured interviews with designers working in five design consultancies that have moved from product design to services design. The results show a change in the way designers think and approach projects when facing the challenges of designing services, confirming a movement from problem solving to systems thinking. However, systems thinking is not replacing problem solving but complementing it. The results also indicate that the growing complexity of the issues designers deal with influences the adoption of systems thinking in responding to service design challenges, as well as current changes in people’s ideas about sustainability and  society.

scholarly journals Relating Systems Thinking and Design III

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jodi Forlizzi ◽  
Birger Sevaldson ◽  
Alex Ryan
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Systems Thinking ◽  
Design Thinking ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
The World ◽  
Systemic Design

This special issue of Form Akademisk captures some of the systemic design thinking and research presented at the RSD3 conference, held in Oslo, Norway in 2014, and the RSD4 conference, held in Banff, Canada in 2015. These two conferences offered a range of submissions encompassing the fields of design, systemics, public policy, healthcare, and other domains. This body of work explores the emerging renaissance of systems thinking in design. The papers presented here are responses to the world we live and design in, a world that is increasingly complex and increasingly problematic for those in government, industry and academia alike.            We believe that the thinking and intervention developed at RSD3 and RSD4 is well poised to meet these challenges. In this issue, we offer two sets of papers; the first set focuses on frameworks and organizing concepts, and the second set focuses on methods and tools to aid in systemic design.

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