A paradigm-shifting look at design that empowers readers
to tackle the world’s hardest problems
In Design Thinking For Humanity: Cultivating a
Transformative Mindset for a Better and Sustainable Future, Design Thinking
and Business Ecosystems Design Thought Leader, Michael Lewrick, delivers an
insightful discussion of a “Designing for Humanity” framework.
The author demonstrates the interconnectedness of all living
beings and the urgent need for ecological and social justice, showing you how
those interconnections can empower designers and innovators to address complex
global challenges.
The book is divided into five parts: Future Thinking, Design
Thinking, Ecological Thinking, Systems Thinking, and Exponential Thinking. Each
part addresses how to tackle a variety of hard problems, from climate change to
inequality and resource depletion. You’ll also find:
- Strategies
for fostering empathy, collaboration, and an understanding of the
intricate web of life
- Tools
to help you become an agent of positive change in the world
- Proven
ways to cultivate empathy and compassion for all living things and develop
innovative solutions to complicated global problems
Perfect for managers, executives, and other leaders in the
sustainability, innovation, design, business, technology, and social impact
spaces, Design Thinking For Humanity is a fascinating and
practical addition to the Wiley Design Thinking Series. It belongs on the
bookshelves of everyone with an interest in solving seemingly intractable
problems and improving the world around them.
About the Author
Michael Lewrick is the visionary architect of
the Design Thinking for Humanity movement and the lead author of the
bestselling Wiley Design Thinking Series.
As a preeminent global authority on business ecosystems and
exponential innovation, his pioneering methodologies have redefined the
innovation landscape for multinational organizations and high-growth startups
globally.
His work serves as the definitive global benchmark for
practitioners committed to aligning technological power with the restoration of
human and ecological systems.
