Design Thinking for Humanity by Michael Lewrick

Design Thinking for Humanity by Michael Lewrick

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.

Michael Lewrick is the visionary architect of the Design Thinking for Humanity movement and the lead author of the bestselling Wiley Design Thinking Series. As a preeminent global authority on business ecosystems and exponential innovation, his pioneering methodologies have redefined the innovation landscape for multinational organizations and high-growth startups globally. His work serves as the definitive global benchmark for practitioners committed to aligning technological power with the restoration of human and ecological systems.