scholarly journals The Nexus of Design Thinking and Intrapreneurship: Insights from a large-scale empirical assessment

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolin Marx ◽  
Thomas Haskamp ◽  
Danielly De Paula ◽  
Falk Uebernickel
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Design Thinking ◽  
Empirical Assessment

The Perks and Perils of Interdisciplinary Research

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (S2) ◽  
pp. S55-S67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erin Leahey
Keyword(s):  
Interdisciplinary Research ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
The Other ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Extra Time ◽  
Empirical Assessment ◽  
Cognitive Challenges

This paper synthesizes findings from two studies the author conducted that examine how engagement in interdisciplinary research (IDR) influences scholars’ careers. Results from these two studies, one large-scale and quantitative and the other small-scale and qualitative, provide a much needed empirical assessment of IDR’s effects on individual careers. In essence, they provide a nice antidote (and some caution) to the rhetoric and enthusiasm surrounding IDR. My co-authors of these studies and I find that engaging in interdisciplinary research increases a scholar’s visibility in terms of citations, but also presents challenges, including reduced productivity, cognitive challenges, lack of support, extra time and commitment, and framing of one’s work. This paper concludes by discussing the policy implications of this research.

scholarly journals Design Evolution and Innovation for Tropical Liveable Cities: Towards A Circular Economy

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Katja Fleischmann
Keyword(s):  
Circular Economy ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Design Thinking ◽  
Service Design ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
General Question ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Human Scale ◽  
Innovation Space ◽  
Start Ups

Design has become an important driver of economic innovation and better living globally. This paper looks at the evolution of design within the innovation space and how it is applied in tropical Singapore, a global financial center, and Townsville, a regional city in Australia’s tropical northeast. The general question of whether regional Australian cities can adopt and adapt large scale innovative practices is examined in the context of driving change in the Circular Economy. The role of design has evolved from the popular understanding of creating products, driving consumption and being a decorative discipline; to driving social, public and economic change. Cities like Singapore have been on the policy forefront to push design-led innovation to facilitate start-ups, spark economic development, re-imagine its future, and on a human scale, harmonize with its tropical setting. Design Thinking and Service Design Thinking as strategies for innovation play a crucial part in driving a paradigm shift in economic thinking away from unsustainable levels of consumerism and towards a Circular Economy. The future challenge for designers working toward a Circular Economy will require new ways of approaching services, processes and products that are good for business and sustainable development. Through higher education, Townsville design students took innovative steps to improve the quality of life for the elderly on a small scale, which illustrates a capacity for design-led innovation on a regional level that reflects large scale Service Design in Singapore.

Emerging scenarios of data infrastructure and novel concepts of digital libraries in intelligent infrastructure for human-centred communities: A qualitative research

2018 ◽  
Vol 45 (5) ◽  
pp. 691-704 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi Shen
Keyword(s):  
Complex Adaptive Systems ◽  
Digital Libraries ◽  
Adaptive Systems ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Design Thinking ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Data Gathering ◽  
Digital Data ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Data Infrastructure

This research investigated the strategic development of a large-scale transdisciplinary area, named intelligent infrastructure for human-centred communities, at Virginia Tech. Within such development, this study explored the future vision and anticipated scenarios of data infrastructure and digital libraries for smart community development. It draws upon the mixed-methods approach combining ethnographic participant observation, document analysis and semi-structured interviews. Grounded in socio-technical framework and rooted in empirical methods, this research produces results that augment design thinking and visioning practice for digital data libraries beyond traditional boundaries. The findings reveal the emerging scenarios around complex adaptive systems, intelligent data infrastructure and future digital libraries all in the context of building infrastructure for human-centred communities. Situated in this advancing reality, the results further discuss the next-generation data and information user experience, smart infrastructure data environment and future library capabilities. The article concludes that a smart library system, whether in its conceptual form of a ‘digital octopus’ or a ‘smart village data hub’ or an ‘intelligent virtual assistant’, will provide intelligence in data gathering, processing, summarising, communication and recommendations. By delivering unified and personalised data solutions, it will offer an end-to-end seamless experience for users throughout their journey of knowledge pursuit.

Changing behaviors at scale

2015 ◽  
Vol 14 (6) ◽  
pp. 230-233
Author(s):  
David Swanson
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Six Sigma ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Design Thinking ◽  
Multidisciplinary Teams ◽  
Quality Circles ◽  
Content Type ◽  
New Process ◽  
Innovative Thinking

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to share how SAP recently tackled the problem of changing behaviors at a large scale. Design/methodology/approach – The objectives were achieved through evaluating popular methodologies, i.e. Six Sigma, Quality Circles, Lean, etc., and identifying a new process that had greater potential for innovative thinking to become reality. Findings – SAP discovered that Design Thinking allowed the company to connect multidisciplinary teams using “radical collaboration” to tackle big projects using prototyping to discover new solutions. Originality/value – This new method of thinking is explored and transferable benefits for other corporations are shared for those interested in exploring new approaches to problem-solving.

scholarly journals A Framework for Open Civic Design: Integrating Public Participation, Crowdsourcing, and Design Thinking

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-22
Author(s):  
Brandon Reynante ◽  
Steven P. Dow ◽  
Narges Mahyar
Keyword(s):  
Public Participation ◽  
Public Engagement ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Design Thinking ◽  
Effective Management ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
The Public ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Future Work

Civic problems are often too complex to solve through traditional top-down strategies. Various governments and civic initiatives have explored more community-driven strategies where citizens get involved with defining problems and innovating solutions. While certain people may feel more empowered, the public at large often does not have accessible, flexible, and meaningful ways to engage. Prior theoretical frameworks for public participation typically offer a one-size-fits-all model based on face-to-face engagement and fail to recognize the barriers faced by even the most engaged citizens. In this article, we explore a vision for open civic design where we integrate theoretical frameworks from public engagement, crowdsourcing, and design thinking to consider the role technology can play in lowering barriers to large-scale participation, scaffolding problem-solving activities, and providing flexible options that cater to individuals’ skills, availability, and interests. We describe our novel theoretical framework and analyze the key goals associated with this vision: (1) to promote inclusive and sustained participation in civics; (2) to facilitate effective management of large-scale participation; and (3) to provide a structured process for achieving effective solutions. We present case studies of existing civic design initiatives and discuss challenges, limitations, and future work related to operationalizing, implementing, and testing this framework.

Large-scale application of IBM Design Thinking and Agile development for IBM z14

2018 ◽  
Vol 62 (2/3) ◽  
pp. 1:1-1:9 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. L. Eickhoff ◽  
M. L. McGrath ◽  
C. Mayer ◽  
A. Bieswanger ◽  
P. A. Wojciak
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Design Thinking ◽  
Agile Development

scholarly journals Is Health Care demand rationed by income and other determinants? An empirical assessment for Italy

2009 ◽  
pp. 111-143
Author(s):  
Rossella Bardazzi
Keyword(s):  
Health Service ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Empirical Literature ◽  
Health Care Demand ◽  
Empirical Assessment ◽  
Italian National Health Service ◽  
Italian National Health ◽  
Potential Demand ◽  
Large Scale Survey

The Italian national health service was funded in 1978 with the goal of providing uniform and comprehensive care under the inspiration of the Republic's Constitution. It is important to assess to what extent the health service meets the potential demand of the population and if the socio-economic status of the patient - mainly income and education - may ration the access to healthcare. This paper offers an empirical assessment of the determinants of healthcare demand in Italy for a detailed range of services including diagnostic tests and hospital services, not often analyzed in the empirical literature. An econometric hurdle model is applied to individual microdata from a large-scale survey. From our results, some accessibility problems seem to arise for persons who have fewer alternatives in the private market - with lower income, less educated, not privately insured - and living in the Southern part of the country.

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