Design thinking for sustainability: Why and how design thinking can foster sustainability-oriented innovation development

Buhl, Anke; Schmidt-Keilich, Marc; Muster, Viola; Blazejewski, Susanne; Schrader, Ulf; Harrach, Christoph; Schäfer, Martina; Süßbauer, Elisabeth

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.05.259

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“…The basic frequency analysis revealed that the most frequently used hashtag in connection to the hashtag #sustainability was #innovation. The field of sustainability uses the term Sustainability-Oriented Innovation (SOI) to refer to a key strategic approach that organizations can adopt to contribute to sustainable development [56][57][58][59] and which is vital for sustainable consumption and production [60]. The hashtag #innovation was most commonly linked to the hashtag #tech, i.e., a hashtag that describes technology; of the 32,264 messages containing the hashtag #innovation, 12,448 also included #tech.…”

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Twitter Analysis of Global Communication in the Field of Sustainability

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The increasing popularity of social media worldwide provides us with an opportunity to understand social, cultural, and environmental issues about people’s perception of sustainability. The article aims at identifying the main topics of communication related to hashtag # sustainability based on a communication analysis on the Twitter network. We investigated the perception of sustainability using data from 414,926 Twitter interactions by 223,476 users worldwide. The data were recorded between April 17, 2018 and July 12, 2019. We identified Innovation, Environment, Climate Change, Corporate Social Responsibility, Technology, and Energy as key hashtags in the field of sustainability. In conjunction with this, we identified the six following communities: (1) Environmental Sustainability, (2) Sustainability Awareness, (3) Renewable Energy and Climate Change, (4) Innovative Technology, (5) Green Architecture, and (6) Food Sustainability. The usage of these communities is applicable in marketing communication as well as in the Corporate Social Responsibility activities of the given companies. The results of the analysis give the organizations a possible direction for their sustainable business model improvement via the contribution of society´s voice.

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Twitter Analysis of Global Communication in the Field of Sustainability

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“…58,59 Design Thinking Design processes bring different perspectives together to analyze a situation and develop integrated solutions for sustainability challenges. 60 For example, the CRC for Water-Sensitive Cities' flagship research synthesis process 46,61 -a facilitated design charrette style intervention-combines latest science from different disciplines with local industry expertise to collab-oratively develop and rapidly evaluate practical ideas. Similarly, the water-sensitive cities design studio program led by Monash Art Design and Architecture 62 facilitated postgraduate students through a process to explore design possibilities and develop ideas that use water-sensitive approaches to address real-world problems.…”

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Transforming Cities through Water-Sensitive Principles and Practices

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Many global cities and towns are facing complex and interrelated challenges associated with population growth, resource constraints, aging infrastructure, and degraded environments, exacerbated by increasing climate uncertainty. The United Nation's Agenda 2030 is a global call to action with 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Water is the common currency linking nearly every SDG. SDG 11 aspires to ''Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable'' and the water-sensitive city represents an aspirational future state for water management where servicing strategies deliver long-term sustainability, liveability, resilience, and prosperity. This social-technical endeavor is based on three principles of practice proposed in 2009. They have since been operationalized and adapted in many projects globally, and across a range of social, institutional, and biophysical contexts. In this Perspective, we reflect on lessons learned, required actions for mainstreaming water-sensitive practices, the next-wave research agenda, and opportunities to catalyze actions in sectors beyond water. ll

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“…Buhl et al [21 ], on the other hand, present the development of a conceptual framework that relates four central challenges for the development of sustainability‐oriented innovation (SOI) with key DT principles. An SOI is an intentional creation and realisation of new (or improved) products, services, processes or practices aimed at environmental protection and/or social benefits, in addition to economic returns throughout the physical life cycle [21 ]. The relationship of the four central challenges with an SOI occurs through the definition of four propositions that show how these DT principles can be adapted to face the challenges associated with the SOI development [21 ].…”

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Supporting the teaching of design thinking techniques for requirements elicitation through a recommendation tool

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The development of systems with different features becomes increasingly challenging, given the actual context, implying on the search for new approaches for requirements elicitation. One of these approaches is design thinking (DT), a process of encouraging innovation used by designers, which presents itself as fundamental in the success of new products. This scenario motivates the importance of knowing DT concepts and their techniques, which can support requirements elicitation. In this context, the authors present DTA4RE (DT assistant for requirements elicitation), a tool that suggests DT techniques for requirements elicitation, which can be used by both students and professionals who would like to adopt DT in their projects. The DTA4RE is composed of a set of 27 techniques that could be suggested to the user through a recommendation questionnaire as well as an open repository with material to support the application of these techniques. Results from the authors’ two empirical studies with software engineering undergraduate and graduate students and industry professionals indicate that DTA4RE has helped in the selection of and in the learning of DT techniques when considering real problems. Most participants considered the questions from the recommendation questionnaire easy to answer, and the techniques suggested by the tool useful.

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Design thinking for sustainability: Why and how design thinking can foster sustainability-oriented innovation development

Cited by 141 publications

References 65 publications

Twitter Analysis of Global Communication in the Field of Sustainability

Twitter Analysis of Global Communication in the Field of Sustainability

Transforming Cities through Water-Sensitive Principles and Practices

Supporting the teaching of design thinking techniques for requirements elicitation through a recommendation tool

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