Understanding the current practice of design in government

Understanding the current practice of design in government: limitations and opportunities

Kim, A. (TU Delft Methodologie en Organisatie van Design)
van der Bijl-Brouwer, M. (TU Delft Methodologie en Organisatie van Design)

Bohemia, Erik (editor)
Gemser, Gerda (editor)
Fain, Nusa (editor)
de Bont, Cees (editor)
Assoreira Almendra, Rita (editor)

2019

Design is today suggested as an alternative way of working in government contexts. Manydeveloped nations are trying to embed design in their public organizations. Yet recent
studies have shown that design is not easily permeating into everyday practice of public organizations. This research therefore aims to understand what the current practice of
design-embedding in government is like and its limitations by interviewing six experts in the design for government field. The research findings reveal that the changes created by the current design-embedding practice in government are not being actively sustained or amplified. Based on an understanding of organisations as complex systems, we suggest a further practice of design-embedding in which designers steward and stimulate design-led change energy within public organizations. This study shows that embedding design capability in professional organizations is more about design-led organizational change than passing on a design skillset to the organizational members.

Embedding design in government
design capability building
design-led organizational change
Complex Systems
design for policy

http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:539f4058-43b3-46c0-97d9-d3f335315ad5

https://doi.org/10.33114/adim.2019.01.301

The Academy for Design Innovation Management, London

978-1-912769-01-8

Conference proceedings of the Academy for Design Innovation Management – Research Perspectives in the era of Transofmrations

Academy for Design Innovation Management Conference 2019, 2019-06-19 → 2019-06-21, Londom, United Kingdom

Conference Proceedings of the Academy for Design Innovation Management, 2632-0045, 2 (1)

Institutional Repository

conference paper

© 2019 A. Kim, M. van der Bijl-Brouwer