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The Difference that makes a Difference
Frameworks
create the way we see and understand. Frameworks and patterns are often
invisible, taken for granted as the way we do things in a social context.
This year the Annual Meeting set the tone with the theme Creative Imperative.
This theme challenged each of us to reframe how we understand, and to
use new lenses to see new patterns and bring new frameworks to our attention.
We were all asked to become designers – designers seeking new
solutions, new patterns of human behavior.
We were asked to set aside many of the things we’ve learned about
decision-making because they are no longer helping us find solutions
requisite with the rates of change and increase in complexity.
With this imperative, an eclectic and talented pool of participants
in the Davos 2006 WorkSpace identified six recursive design principles
essential to improving the state of the world. To create our future
“by design, not default,” we must embed these patterns not
as special case but as a way of working, everyday. These patterns were
stated over and over during the four days in the WorkSpace:
- Shifting mindsets
- Thinking out of the box and across borders
- Inclusive and hopeful with systemic intent
- Building communities
- Creative space and diligence for ideas and emergence
- Failing fast through iterative prototypes leading to good solutions
Participants began to realize the difference that design thinking could
have on solving problems, improving relationships and significantly
shortening the time from problem identification to solution.
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