Design Thinking
Introduction
The Future of Human-Technology Interaction, Special issue of California Management Review; Deadline 15 Sep 2018
California Management Review
Open Call for Papers:
Designing the future: The strategic role and impact of design thinking in creating the
future of human-technology interaction
Guest co-editors
Tyrone S. Pitsis* – U. of Leeds, UK.
Martin Steinert – NTNU, Norway
Sara L. Beckman – U. of Berkeley, California
Luciano C. Oviedo – Intel Corp and U. of Warwick, UK
Bettina Maisch – Siemens and U. of St. Gallen U., Switzerland
*Corresponding Guest Editor
Setting the scene
Since its origins in the ideas of Stanford’s John E. Arnold over 60 years ago, design thinking (DT) has evolved to be one of the fastest growing approaches to innovation across the globe. Through its emphasis on rapid prototyping and testing, its empathy (EQ) and user-centered design, and its focus on people and our needs, DT privileges the human and creative practices in the pursuit of innovation. Thus it can ‘release’ the ‘creativity confidence’ necessary for innovation. It has emerged as a core capability and mindset for both scholarly and pragmatic pursuit of innovation across industries, government, the public sector, not-for-profits, and NGOs with regard to service and product innovation, in policy making, and social innovation.
Please read the submission process carefully. The initial full papers must be submitted no later than July 1st, 2018. Please submit to the attention of Tyrone Pitsis (designthinkingcalifornia@gmail.com) according to the following guidelines. The draft must run between five to nine thousand words, double-spaced, font-size 12. In your email please clearly state (i) the author(s)’ details; (ii) purpose of your study; (iii) the research question(s) being addressed; (iv) how your piece addresses the core thrust of the special issue; (v) the relevance of your study for practitioners, scholars, and CMR readership; and (vi) what impact you hope to make with your paper. In this initial round, the Guest Editors will select those papers (approximately 12) that are most likely to result in first-rate, high-impact submission, and authors of these manuscripts will receive an official invitation to submit their paper through the CMR online portal by 15th September 2018.
The full call is here: