Designing for Big X: characterizing design for majo challenges

• Autores: Freddy Solis, Joseph V. Sinfield
• Localización: The International journal of engineering education, ISSN-e 0949-149X, Vol. 34, no. Extra 2 (Parte B), 2018, págs. 801-823
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This paper codifies a form of expertise that is tailored to framing and addressing the classes of complex, multifaceted,multistakeholder challenges affecting organizations and society, here termed ‘‘major challenges’’. This type of expertisetends to be elusive because of the divergent schools of thought used to characterize major challenges, the seeminglyserendipitous nature of the innovations needed to respond to these challenges, and the tacit and situated nature of thedesign knowledge and practices required to frame and address them. We develop a framework for this qualitatively distincttype of design—termed ‘‘Design for Big X’’. Our framework codifies a set of conceptual shifts in patterns of thought andaction aligned with the properties of major challenges, relative to generic design practices. The framework provides newconstructs for research on innovative thinking and the cultivation of talent in educational institutions and organizationsworking to address major challenges.