Adam Zeiner
@dezein
a persistently curious generalist (parading as a strategic designer, facilitator, and organizer) attempting to wrangle complexity
Adam Zeiner
dezein.info
The creation and management of boundary objects is key in developing and maintaining coherence across a set of intersecting but necessarily incomplete perspectives.
Luke Craven • #29: On boundary objects
Creative and Strategic Leadership in Design Orgs—Super-Senior ICs and the Shadow Strategy Team (3rd in a series on Emerging Shape of Design Orgs), Peter Merholz
Peter Merholzpetermerholz.com
systems thinking and
“Rethinking Users” authors Michael Youngblood and Ben Chesluk alongside illustrator Nadeem Haidary redefine “users” to design for an ecosystem.
Stevie Watts • From 1:1 to 1:Many—Humans, Artefacts, & Ecosystems Thinking
Depending on the use case you will scope your stakeholder map differently but generally having an ecosystem map offers three important benefits:
Board of Innovation • Healthcare ecosystem mapping: A first step to shape your market
Ecosystem Mapping: A Tool to Strengthen Systems and Impact - Visible Network Labs
Visible Network Labsvisiblenetworklabs.com
Don't Fight the System - Change the Rules and the System Will Change Itself! - The Systems Thinker
Robert S. Graythesystemsthinker.com
System Change and
We started thinking about different kinds of subject and object engagements that involved maybe multiple subjects, multiple objects, unintended engagements, or engagements that happen without either the user or the artifact having awareness of that engagement. What are the different permutations that are possible?
Stevie Watts • From 1:1 to 1:Many—Humans, Artefacts, & Ecosystems Thinking
Systems thinking enables us to engage complex problems more effectively, steering us away from short-sighted solutions that may work in the short-term but ultimately backfire and make things worse in the long run.