What is Design Public?
Design Public is a series of conversations about design and innovation in the public interest.This blog is curated by the Center for Knowledge Societies, the innovation consulting firm that guides the establishment of the Adianta School for Leadership and Innovation.
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Transforming the Social Enterprise and Social Innovation Landscape
David Wilcox, the founder of ReachScale (an organization that aligns the social responsibility goals of corporations with high potential social entrepreneurs), writes about three underlying trends that, according to him, will transform the social innovation and social enterprise landscape. For … Continue reading
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Tagged business, corporations, david wilcox, ReachScale, social enterprise, social innovation
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Why Doing Business in India is too Hard and How to Change It
Rajesh Kumar explains why, despite the FDI, India still remains a business-unfriendly place, ranking at 132nd of the 185 countries in Doing Business 2013, a study conducted by the International Finance Corporation, well below Sri Lanka (89) and even Bangladesh … Continue reading
New NESTA Report on Innovation in India
Can growth of higher education keep up with India’s human potential? Can India’s low cost innovations disrupt the global economy? What effects do abstract social and creative innovations have in the Indian context? These are some of the questions that … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012, business, democracy, designpublic, development, goals, goverment, governance in africa, India, innovation, kristen bound, nesta, report, world bank
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China’s Need for Innovation
Minxin Pei, professor of government at Clairmont McKenna College in California recently wrote an article “Nixon Then, China Now†explaining China’s weaknesses hindering its ability to truly compete as a world power. He argues that China’s one-party regime results in … Continue reading
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Tagged business, china, creativity, design public, development, innovation, one party system
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Imagination at Work
What is your preferred way of leaving a meeting, by fireman pole or by slide? Companies that work in the realm of creative innovation have designed environments for their employees that encourage imagination, activity, and fun. Lego’s Denmark office is … Continue reading
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Tagged business, communication, creativity, denmark, design, designpublic, engineer, equality, fireman pole, freedom, google, imagination, innovation, lego, office, open, slide, zurich
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