Tools for Changing the World: A Design Science Primer - Brossura

Gabel, Medard; Heeney, David

Brossura

ISBN 13: 9798293069583

Casa editrice: Independently published, 2024

Riassunto

The world's most urgent problems aren't unsolvable. They're just poorly designed.
Hunger, energy poverty, climate disruption, lack of healthcare: these aren't mysteries. The technology and resources to address them already exist. What's missing is a rigorous, systematic method for turning vision into real-world solutions at scale.
Tools for Changing the World delivers exactly that. Inspired by the work of Buckminster Fuller and grounded in decades of real-world application, this book presents design science--a comprehensive, anticipatory methodology for developing innovative solutions to complex global and local problems.
It's not about protesting what's wrong. It's about designing what should replace it.
What makes design science different?
Most problem-solving today is reactive and narrowly focused patching symptoms while ignoring root causes. Design science takes the opposite approach: it starts with the whole system, envisions the ideal outcome first, and works backward to develop practical, scalable strategies that make the current broken model obsolete.
What you'll find inside:

• Part 1: Frames of Reference – A big-picture context for understanding change and the role each of us can play as architects of the future.
• Part 2: Tools – Conceptual tools for systems thinking, modeling complexity, and identifying the "trim tab" interventions that produce maximum change with minimum resources.
• Part 3: Methodology – A step-by-step design process: from choosing a problem and envisioning the Preferred State to building a compelling strategic plan.
• Part 4: Implementation – How to develop prototypes, build partnerships, and scale a solution from proof-of-concept to global impact.

Who this book is for:

• Students and Educators in sustainability, planning, and design.
• Social Entrepreneurs and Innovators looking for a usable system.
• Policy Thinkers, Strategists, and Systems Analysts
• Anyone who wants to move beyond protest, fear, or incremental reform–and actually build solutions.

You don't need permission to change the world. You need a process.

Tools for Changing the World gives you a methodology refined across decades of global design labs and implementation projects on six continents. Whether you're addressing energy access, food systems, or climate resilience, the methodology works because it starts with a clear vision of what should be and a disciplined path to get there.
"You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete."
– Buckminster Fuller

Tools for Changing the World— A Design Science Primer presents a methodology for changing the world— or in more detail, it provides a set of tools that when used creatively lead to the development of innovative solutions to real-world problems that can be implemented at scale to solve the critical problems facing the world. The book is based on author's work with Buckminster Fuller and is inspired by his words: “We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims.” and "How do we make the world work for 100% of humanity, in the shortest possible time, with the least amount of resources and ecological impact, through spontaneous cooperation, without the disadvantage of anyone?”
The book presents a perspective and step-by-step methodology that does not just “solve problems” but develops and builds new alternatives that transform existing problem areas into visionary designs of what we want, not what we are trying to avoid.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Independently published
• Data di pubblicazione: 2024
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 13: 9798293069583
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 178
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