{"product_id":"design-strategy-nancy-c-roberts-9780262546812","title":"Design Strategy: Challenges in Wicked Problem Territory","description":"\u003cb\u003eA new approach to addressing the contemporary world's most difficult challenges, such as climate change and poverty.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eConflicts over \"the problem\" and \"the solution\" plague the modern world and land problem solvers in what has been called \"wicked problem territory\"--a social space with high levels of conflict over problems and solutions. In \u003ci\u003eDesign Strategy\u003c\/i\u003e, Nancy C. Roberts proposes design as a strategy of problem solving to close the gap between an existing state and a desired state. Utilizing this approach, designers and change agents are better able to minimize self-defeating conflicts over problems and solutions, break the logjam of opposition, and avoid the traps that lock problem solvers into a never-ending cycle of conflict. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDesign as a field continues to grow and evolve, but \u003ci\u003eDesign Strategy\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on three levels of design where \"wicked problems\" tend to lurk--strategic design (of private and public organizations), systemic design (of networked and overlapping economic, technical, political, and social subsystems), and regenerative design (of life-giving realignment between humanity and nature). Within this framework, Roberts presents refreshingly interdisciplinary case studies that integrate theory and practice across diverse fields to guide professionals in any domain--from business and nonprofit organizations to educational and healthcare systems--and finally offers hope that humanity can tackle the existential challenges we face in the twenty-first century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nancy C. Roberts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0262546817\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780262546812\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e MIT Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/14\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 522\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Nancy C. Roberts","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47135228330239,"sku":"9780262546812","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_01938d15-eee7-4ec2-b984-7eed4a45164c.jpg?v=1755009516","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/design-strategy-nancy-c-roberts-9780262546812","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}