The most widely adopted set of open and visual tools for designing ecosystem-platform strategies.

When the designer acts as a gatekeeper for the meanings that are included in the design process, the potential for connections becomes limited not only to what the designer views as significant, but also to the relationships she can imagine. If the design space were flung open to meanings that users and communities view as significant, we would surely read fewer stories of design interventions gone wrong — such as whimsically designed water pumps that were abandoned to rust because they were unusable, innovative distribution systems for mosquito nets that prevent most people from accessing them, and the distortionary effect of shoes distributed to the poor as a marketing pitch to the rich, to name just a few.

"Innovation" is one of capitalism’s most popular buzzwords. Its function is to sustain the myth that business genius creates society’s wealth.

Existem inúmeros exemplos que demonstram a nossa capacidade para encontrar soluções inovadoras que melhoram o nosso bem-estar. Mas as inovações nem sempre são sinónimo de melhoria. De facto, alguns aspetos constituem uma evolução no mau sentido, na medida que nos afastam de um futuro sustentável. O desafio que enfrentamos reside em usar a nossa capacidade inovadora para restabelecer as nossas ligações com a biosfera (capítulo 1) e permanecer dentro dos limites de planeta (capítulo 2) a fim de salvaguardar o desenvolvimento humano a longo prazo. É tempo de introduzir inovações que têm em conta as interações fundamentais entre os sistemas sociais e ecológicos.

/via @bruces

democratizing innovation