Systemic Design
TRAINING
Master the tools of the innovative toolkit co-created by Namahn designers in our training course on Systemic Design.
This course is day 2 of a short series on systemic design. It can be done as a stand-alone course or in combination with the course on System Mapping on day 1.
| Price | Date | location |
|---|---|---|
| 950€ – excl. VAT View price reductions | Wednesday, November 6th 2024 9 am – 5 pm | Namahn Design Studio (Brussels) |
Systemic design combines concepts of systems thinking and design thinking. It helps you zoom out and look at the whole problem. Systemic design brings a set of solutions or, better, “interventions” that can reinforce each other to drive a change in a current problematic situation.
For more information, visit the website about the Systemic Design Toolkit or have a look at the book on systemic design that Kristel Van Ael and Peter Jones have published: Design Journeys Through Complex Systems.
What to expect
During this training course, you will receive an introduction to the basics of systemic design and the toolkit framework, and you will gain an understanding of which types of problems or issues can be addressed with systemic design. We do a brief recap of the first three stages in our framework (that are treated more in-depth in our System mapping training) to focus mainly on stage 4 to 7, from defining the ideal future and working on an intervention strategy to fostering the transition.
Most of the course will be spent applying systemic design. We will use a case, allowing the course participants to apply the theory in real life. We will work in breakout sessions of small groups led by our design teachers as we go through the steps in the toolkit. We accept a limited number of participants per session to optimise group interactivity.
Wonderful overview of the systemic design methodology! It cleared out my confusion at sticking together the tools, that I had beforehand from learning only by reading the book.
Researcher at the University of Surrey, May 2024
Key takeaways
By the end of the training session, you will be able to:
- Understand what systemic design is and what kind of projects it can be applied to
- Analyse the problem from the perspectives of different stakeholders
- Recognise the key causes and crucial variables that influence your case or problem
- Identify the leverage points in a system
- Develop an intervention strategy
- Design the implementation of your strategy
Who should attend
No previous knowledge of systems thinking or design thinking is necessary for this course. Anyone interested in learning how to apply systemic design to analyse problems and innovate impactfully is welcome!
- Designers and design leaders facing complex challenges
- Anyone responsible for managing change
- Social entrepreneurs
This training course can be done in combination with the course on System Mapping (which takes place the day before this training). In both courses we will work on the same case, guaranteeing continuity in the exercises we do on both days. However, you will get a proper briefing at the start of day two if you are not combining both courses. Note that almost all participants in the spring 2024 systemic training, signed up for both days. If you sign up for both courses, you get a 20% discount.
Format
One day, in-person training in the Namahn Design Studio.
Namahn is also regularly teaching Systemic design as an 8-week online course for the Service Design College: see course page Systemic design for tackling complexity (5th edition) for more details.
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