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Design Thinking for Humanity
Practical Tools and Methods to Build Resilience for a Better Future
Series: Design Thinking Series
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A paradigm-shifting look at design that empowers readers to tackle the world’s hardest problems. In Design Thinking for Humanity: Cultivating a Transformative Mindset for a Better and Sustainable Future, Design Thinking and Business Ecosystems Design Thought Leader, Michael Lewrick, delivers an insightful discussion of a “Designing...
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A paradigm-shifting look at design that empowers readers to tackle the world’s hardest problems.
In Design Thinking for Humanity: Cultivating a Transformative Mindset for a Better and Sustainable Future, Design Thinking and Business Ecosystems Design Thought Leader, Michael Lewrick, delivers an insightful discussion of a “Designing for Humanity” framework. The author demonstrates the interconnectedness of all living beings and the urgent need for ecological and social justice, showing you how those interconnections can empower designers and innovators to address complex global challenges.
The book is divided into five parts: Future Thinking, Design Thinking, Ecological Thinking, Systems Thinking, and Exponential Thinking. Each part addresses how to tackle a variety of hard problems, from climate change to inequality and resource depletion. You’ll also find:
- Strategies for fostering empathy, collaboration, and an understanding of the intricate web of life
- Tools to help you become an agent of positive change in the world
- Proven ways to cultivate empathy and compassion for all living things and develop innovative solutions to complicated global problems
Perfect for managers, executives, and other leaders in the sustainability, innovation, design, business, technology, and social impact spaces, Design Thinking for Humanity is a fascinating and practical addition to the Wiley Design Thinking Series. It belongs on the bookshelves of everyone with an interest in solving seemingly intractable problems and improving the world around them.
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Book Details
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ISBN: 9781394366392
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 22 September 2026
Country: United States
Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Nhu Nhu Nguyen
Audience: General / adult
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Weight: 0g
Pages: 320
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