Design Journeys through Complex Systems combines systemic design, leading thinking practices, and years of the combined authors’ experiences into a practitioner’s handbook for design thinking. By drawing upon the authors’ Systemic Design Toolkit, this book provides detailed knowledge of systems science, expanding upon essential systemic design texts in order to demonstrate the power of visual sensemaking.

No matter if you’re a design professional or have never come across design syste...

Design, Play, Change is a game and a book providing 36 design methods that will help shift the creative process of the users and help them work collaboratively to overcome problems they face.

This book is designed for those looking to enter into the world of design thinking, the easy-to-follow game format making this an accessible, light-hearted, yet powerful place to begin. Balancing a detailed knowledge of the field with design methods that bring out creative ways of thinking, the book is a...

The Impact Plan is a detailed decision-making framework that guides industry professionals and academics to quickly assess the future impact of their creative projects.

While formulated with designers in mind, the method elaborated within this book will help industry and academia professionals cycle through potential contexts and project influences in order to determine the impact these may have on both the individual and humanity. Moving through the fundamentals of decision-making and impact...

Only a small percentage of change programs in organizations are successful. Too often, companies rely upon top-down communication campaigns that tell or show employees about change, but don’t involve them actively, emotionally or holistically.

Transformation Tactics is a deck of 48 cards designed to help organisations activate the behaviors of their people. These are experiences that activate employee behaviors, promote reflection, and encourage employees to share their insights.

The cards ...

In Mindset to Startup, you’ll go on an enlightening journey that transcends the conventional boundaries of entrepreneurship. Naguib invites readers to explore the true essence of entrepreneurship, going beyond the pursuit of profit. With insights drawn from 10,000 hours of mentoring founders, Naguib offers a highly experienced perspective, emphasizing the significance of value literacy to attain tangible progress on the uncertain journey of entrepreneurship.

The book delves into the latent ...

Good services don't happen by accident, and neither do bad ones. Designing a service that works for users and organizations is just the first step. The real challenge begins when that design is turned into reality.'Bad Services' delves into common obstacles. From organizational silos and risk aversion to a lack of buy-in, the barriers can seem insurmountable. This book helps you understand why service design often fails to be implemented and provides practical solutions to overcome these chal...

Surround yourself with green and make your home a happier place with the authors of the wildly successful How to Raise a Plant.

SENSITIVE, ENGAGING ILLUSTRATIONS. Bee Grandinetti's approachable illustrations clearly and amusingly depict each emotion so that they can be recognized and explored in a fun, low-pressure way

EDUCATIONAL. Features 48 emotions ranging from happiness and sadness to anger, apathy, and anxiety. Written by Dr Emily Midouhas, a developmental psychologist and associate professor at UCL, specializing in the effects of the social and built environment on the emotional and behavioural problems of chil...

The Bird is a splendid celebration of ornithological illustration, featuring remarkable images of all kinds of birds, from the smallest wrens to colourful exotics.