Design Thinking Series- Design Thinking for Humanity
Michael Lewrick
- 21 juli 2026
- 9781394366392
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PRAISE FOR DESIGN THINKING FOR HUMANITY
“This insightful book elevates design methodologies into a systemic framework, providing leaders with the practical tools needed to integrate planetary boundaries, geopolitical risk, and technological advances into modern decision-making.”
-JENNIFER GARDNER, Director, Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability
“Human-centered design was once the prevailing model; today it has expanded and Lewrick provides the clear, powerful frameworks needed to put these principles into practice and create a sustainable 3-wins model.”
-DON NORMAN, Author of Design for a Better World
“This unique book brings Design Thinking back to its original purpose: solving the world’s wicked problems, charting a course for a new era of designing exclusively for humanity.”
-Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering IAO
“This bold and essential blueprint calls on leaders to move beyond human-centered design, providing the transformative framework needed to address today’s ‘wicked problems’ through systemic, regenerative, and life-centered action.”
-CHIP FLETCHER, Dean, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu
Design Thinking for Humanity provides the rigorous, disciplined framework required to build systemic resilience in an exponential age. This volume demonstrates that long-term viability depends on the interconnectedness of all living systems, establishing the urgent requirement for integrating ecological health with social justice. Readers will discover a comprehensive methodology that moves beyond isolated optimization to address global challenges, ensuring organizations are robust enough to navigate climate volatility and resource depletion. This essential addition to the Wiley Design Thinking Series offers the practical tools and strategic mindsets necessary to align technological power with planetary well-being, architecting a future of both sustainable abundance and enduring resilience.
Perfect for managers, executives, and other leaders in the sustainability, innovation, design, business, technology, and social impact spaces, this book serves as an indispensable resource for anyone committed to solving the defining problems of our time and improving the world around them.
IF YOU ARE READY TO DESIGN A RESILIENT AND REGENERATIVE FUTURE, DESIGN THINKING FOR HUMANITY IS YOUR ULTIMATE STRATEGIC ROADMAP FOR SUCCESS.
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.