The document introduces the design methodology, which applies critical and creative thinking skills to understand and visualize complex problems and develop solutions. It involves mapping current and desired systems within an environmental space, and thinking across five spaces - problem, solution, assessment, adaptation, and learning - to address challenges. The goal is to understand problems at a deeper level and solve the right problems, rather than just addressing symptoms.

1. An Introduction to the
Design Methodology
Presented By:
Jim Greer
Abrams Learning & Information Systems Inc.

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Design is a methodology for
applying critical and creative thinking skills
to understand, visualize, and describe
complex, ill-structured problems and
develop approaches to solve them.
A Conceptual, Thinking, and Learning Effort
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3. Design
Environmental
Space
Map Current Systems Map Desired Systems
“Designers are no longer creators of objects but of environments.”
Abraham Moles – Design Discourse
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4. Design
Map Current Systems Environmental
Space
Tensions Dilemmas
Problem
Space
Problems
Conflicts Frictions
Map Desired Systems
“Every “Wicked Problem” is the symptom of another, “higher level problem.”
Are you addressing the cause of a complex problem situation or fixing a symptom?
Victor Margolin
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Environmental
Space
I know its novel, but if we… Problem
we can solve this problem Space
(Operational Concept)
Solution
Space
But we’ll have to…
(Operational Approach)
Solving the Right Problems vs. Solving the Problems Right!
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6. Design
Environmental
Space
Problem
Qualitative
Space
Quantitative
or Subjective
or Objective
Assessment Solution
Space Space
Risk
Management
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7. Design
Environmental
Space
Organizational
Adaptation Changes Problem
Space Workforce
Space
Development
Assessment Solution
Space Space
Personnel
Additions Technology
Insertions
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8. Design
Environmental
Space
Adaptation Think, Learn,
Problem
Space Understand, & Act in 5 Space
Spaces simultaneously
Assessment Solution
Space Space
Design is a methodology for applying critical and creative thinking skills
to understand, visualize, and describe complex, ill-structured
problems and develop approaches to solve them.
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9. Design
Environmental RSS
Social Data
Learning Space Feeds
Media Bases
Briefs & Papers On-line
Reports Sites
Games
Adaptation Problem
Think, Learn,
Problem
Space Space
Understand, & Act in 5 Space
Spaces simultaneously
Videos Blogs
Books & Observation
Articles Discourse
Assessment Solution
Space Organizational Learning System
Space
“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”
John F. Kennedy
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10. Design
Tribal Social System
Learning
Environmental Systems
Wireless Network Space
Thinking
Drug Distribution System
Adaptation Think, Learn,
Problem
Space Understand, & Act in 5 Space
Spaces simultaneously
Ecosystem
Assessment Solution
Space Space
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11. Design
Environmental
Learning Space Systems
Thinking
Adaptation Think, Learn,
Problem
Space Understand, & Act in 5 Space
Spaces simultaneously
Assessment Solution
Space Space
Difference
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12. Design
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Learning
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Space Systems
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Adaptation Think, Learn,
Problem
Space Understand, & Act in 5 Space
Spaces simultaneously
Assessment Solution
Space Space
Difference
Social Creation
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13. Design
Environmental
Learning Space Systems
Thinking
Adaptation Think, Learn,
Problem
Space Understand, & Act in 5 Space
Spaces simultaneously
Assessment Solution
Space Space
Social Creation Difference
Leadership
“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower”
-Steve Jobs
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14. Design
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about Design
Learning and otherSpace visit us at
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Adaptation Think, Learn,
Problem
Space Understand, & Act in 5 Space
Spaces simultaneously
An Introduction to the Design Methodology
Presented By: Jim Greer
Assessment Solution
Space Space
Abrams Learning & Information Systems Inc.
Leadership Social Creation Difference
Design is a methodology for applying critical and creative thinking skills
to understand, visualize, and describe complex, ill-structured
problems and develop approaches to solve them.
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