Design Works
A Guide to Creating and Sustaining Value through Business Design, Revised and Expanded Edition
By Heather M.A. Fraser | Publisher: University of Toronto Press
About the book
Design Works is a secondedition collection of best practices that serves as a leader's guide to driving innovation within the enterprise through the strategic and designinspired practice of Business Design. It is well recognized that enterprise success requires ongoing innovation to create new value and sustain success. That requires a disciplined integration of exploration, sound strategic decisionmaking and leadership at all levels of the enterprise. While the resurgence of design thinking has proven to catalyze fresh thinking, it can fall short if not fully integrated with the business strategy of the enterprise, mindful stakeholder engagement and the evolution of enterprise management systems.
This book builds on the fundamental principles of the first edition of Design Works: How to Tackle Your Toughest Innovation Challenges through Business Design. It expands on how to effectively navigate progress through strategy integration, effective stakeholder engagement and blending designinspired practices with analytics to build a compelling business case for investment in valuecreating efforts.
Like the first edition, it includes valuable frameworks, inspiring stories and practical tools to drive growth and innovation in any type of organization. Clear principles for leading innovation draw from others' experience to help make the most of enterprise talent and resources. New methodologies hone and build on the repertoire of tools in the first edition. New stories provide insights into how a variety of organizations have leveraged the principles and practices of Business Design.
Editions of Design Works
- Paperback
- ISBN 9781487522902
- EBook
- ISBN 9781487518837
- PDF
- ISBN 9781487518820
Read an Excerpt
Design Works is a secondedition collection of best practices that serves as a leader's guide to driving innovation within the enterprise through the strategic and designinspired practice of Business Design. It is well recognized that enterprise success requires ongoing innovation to create new value and sustain success. That requires a disciplined integration of exploration, sound strategic decisionmaking and leadership at all levels of the enterprise. While the resurgence of design thinking has proven to catalyze fresh thinking, it can fall short if not fully integrated with the business strategy of the enterprise, mindful stakeholder engagement and the evolution of enterprise management systems.
This book builds on the fundamental principles of the first edition of Design Works: How to Tackle Your Toughest Innovation Challenges through Business Design. It expands on how to effectively navigate progress through strategy integration, effective stakeholder engagement and blending designinspired practices with analytics to build a compelling business case for investment in valuecreating efforts.
Like the first edition, it includes valuable frameworks, inspiring stories and practical tools to drive growth and innovation in any type of organization. Clear principles for leading innovation draw from others' experience to help make the most of enterprise talent and resources. New methodologies hone and build on the repertoire of tools in the first edition. New stories provide insights into how a variety of organizations have leveraged the principles and practices of Business Design.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Design Works about?
Design Works is a secondedition collection of best practices that serves as a leader's guide to driving innovation within the enterprise through the strategic and designinspired practice of Business Design. It is well recognized that enterprise success requires ongoing innovation to create new value and sustain success. That requires a disciplined integration of exploration, sound strategic decisionmaking and leadership at all levels of the enterprise. While the resurgence of design thinking has proven to catalyze fresh thinking, it can fall short if not fully integrated with the business strategy of the enterprise, mindful stakeholder engagement and the evolution of enterprise management systems.
This book builds on the fundamental principles of the first edition of Design Works: How to Tackle Your Toughest Innovation Challenges through Business Design. It expands on how to effectively navigate progress through strategy integration, effective stakeholder engagement and blending designinspired practices with analytics to build a compelling business case for investment in valuecreating efforts.
Like the first edition, it includes valuable frameworks, inspiring stories and practical tools to drive growth and innovation in any type of organization. Clear principles for leading innovation draw from others' experience to help make the most of enterprise talent and resources. New methodologies hone and build on the repertoire of tools in the first edition. New stories provide insights into how a variety of organizations have leveraged the principles and practices of Business Design.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Design Works?
Economics, Finance, Business and Management > Business and Management > Management and management techniques
Where can I read a sample of Design Works?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9781487522902
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Design Works?
Heather M.A. Fraser
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
Design Works is available as paperback(ISBN 9781487522902) and ebook(ISBN 9781487518837) and pdf(ISBN 9781487518820)
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