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What do NASA engineers, the 911 emergency service and Facebook all have in common? According to David Eaves, they each offer a window into the way public service and policy development...
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How can organizations learn to “rigorously imagine” the future in order to make analytically robust and easily understood links between anticipation and action? Based in Paris, Riel...
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Is design ready to take its rightful place as an important component of innovation and cultural change? It’s no longer possible to develop successful solutions to cultural or...
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As the Web becomes more social, do the same rules apply? Social platforms like Facebook and Twitter have received a lot of press as potential “game changers.” They are...
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In this time of unprecedented technological change, how can we leverage our perspective, as designers, researchers, and consumers? How can we enhance our ability to adapt, adopt, and...
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How must we change our work practices to thrive in the 21st Century? We’re moving from an industrial to a knowledge economy, where creativity and innovation will be the keys to...
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The evening will engage participants in discussion of current applications of participatory dialogue as a practice for design thinking and social design action. Peter Jones will...
What is Strategic Innovation Lab?sLab is a centre for research and development in design, innovation and strategic foresight at the Ontario College of Art & Design (OCAD). We're a growing community of scholars and practitioners, design, business and policy professionals, teachers and students, who are passionate about envisioning possible futures. Located in Will Alsop’s landmark Sharp Centre for Design at 100 McCaul Street in Toronto, sLab operates on a model that integrates academic... |
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The Unfinished LecturesThe Unfinished Lecture is a monthly event hosted by Strategic Innovation Lab at OCAD and sponsored by Torch Partnership. Part of the Unfinished Business initiative, the lectures are intended to generate an open conversation about strategic innovation in the business and design of commercial enterprises and public organizations. One recent event posed the question: "How can activism, philanthropy and filmmaking combine to create a platform for sustainable and constructive social... |
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sLab Visiting Scholar: Dr. Carlos Scolari, UVic, CataloniaStrategic Innovation Lab at OCAD has been proud and honoured this summer to play host to visiting scholar, Dr. Carlos Scolari. For three months, from May to August 2009, Dr. Scolari has been in residence at sLab, chiefly to work on his forthcoming book, The Seven Laws of the Interface. During his visit Prof. Scolari also participated in many meetings and activities including the sBook "future of the book" project and other initiatives of the Strategic Innovation Lab.... |
