Ian
all your points well taken...i will let Jan say what she thinks...
my note before was written in the context of the references (on designers becoming leaders) that you had provided
the Farson reference in particular made me cringe...it might be because of me but it might also be because I read Farson's article with the background reading of his own organization being made up of 'Top Leaders'. There is nothing wrong to have a group composed of 'Top Leaders', but I find it a little bit out of my alley when it is 'ENTIRELY' composed of 'Top Leaders'. This selection or attitude seems to be out of sync with my understanding of current design thinking. if design thinking is going to affect 'powerful leaders', then i expect to see not only designers in the board room, but also people who are influenced by the board room decisions.
hope this explains where i was coming from.
rosan
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Von: Ian Rooney <[log in to unmask]>
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Datum: 15.11.2005 10:16
Betreff: Re: BSc Change
> Rosan, Jan and others
>
> Rosan, Jan
>
> >I am always interested in the perspective that suggests that doing and
> thinking are somehow
> separated by some invisible wall of choice. Getting one's hands dirty is an
> act of learning, designers
> especially might understand that as they are often assumed to understand the
> concept of testing on
> application. I can understand the idea of moving away from the drawing board
> to the board room,
> both those locations may already have distance from the field, the factory,
> the society, the life of
> people.
>
> Entrepreneurship aside. I dont think designers moving to the board rooms is
> moving away or so
> much distancing themselves from the field. I see it that creative thinkers
> are moving up the ladder of
> leadership. Well informed individuals that understand the importance of
> creativity at the early stages
> of any process, rather than just an add on or after thought.
>
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