This paper is forest not tree — what the whole offers the particular. It counters academia's tradition of accumulating particulars (that Herbert Simon called “a weakness” of modern science). This paper induces abstract dimensions and theory (of design anthropology) from sixteen diverse...

All over the world , half a dozen fields of design , of creativity, of innovation are split among dozens of academic departments in universities and research labs and among dozens of buildings, sites, and departments in corporations. If you want to master many, most, or all of these Creativity...

QUESTION: Genius, it is said, finds great questions more than it invents great answers. Computer support for cooperative work finds great things to support more than it invents great supports for them? ROOT PROBLEMS: Computer support for cooperative work has severely underestimated what was...

This paper challenges 11 fundamentals in current models of creating, and current systems for “supporting” creating. It also questions the importance and amount of creativity needed and produced in industry. A model of 60 models of creativity is presented along with mention of 4 pilot studies...

Main Point: This paper examines the hypothesis that one's ability to spot and handle various types of non-linear system effects within minds and among minds (society) constitutes a very general capability factor in analogy to G-factor in intelligence research, to which one adds domain specific...

This article explores the possible contributions Complexity Theory can make to policy studies, using current Japanese policy challenges as case studies. Fundamental concepts in Complexity Theory are presented along with eight tools for applying them and a brif location of this theory in a...

This paper builds a theory of Transparent Social Change by uniting 4 social change processes -- innovation coalition building within organizations, political election campaigning, policy making, with social movement building among organizations -- in one model with 4 ways to improve systems --...