Designing for Transitions: Addressing the Problem of Global Overfishing
Abstract
Nearly 10 years of applying design process to end global overfishing has led us to significant insights into methods for inventing, executing, and iterating a strategy to drive widespread shifts in human and industry behavior. The article will cover the use of design process to (a) posit a new theory of change; (b) select and incubate scores of entrepreneurial solutions and engage in “amplifying” support strategies to help those disruptive ideas gain traction; and (c) center system stakeholders as designers of their own futures. The article suggests new ways to evolve the field of Transition Design, including new metric frameworks, and argues that Transition Design is the perfect tool to assist philanthropy in crafting the emergent strategies necessary to address complex problems.
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