December Newsletter: Join the last talks of 2023
Meet our New CEO
On December 1, 2023, we welcome our new CEO.
Our new colleague is Martin Delfer , who comes from a position as Commercial Director in the global design company Designit with responsibility for growth, business development, and client services in Europe.
Read the full statement here .
DDC Talks: How to Use Futures Design to Stretch Your Imagination
Join us for this free online talk and learn more about how we use futures design to work strategically with our imagination in our missions.
Date: December 15, 2023
Time: 8.30-9.45
Language: English
Read more and sign up here .
DDC Talks: The City as Facilitator of Circular Digital Partnerships
Join us for a free, online talk on the playbook The City as Facilitator of Circular Digital Partnerships .?
The playbook unveils innovative strategies and tools for transforming cities into hubs of circularity, resource efficiency, and collaboration – all powered by digital solutions and partnerships. ?
Date: December 7, 2023
Time: 8:30-9:15
Language: English
Creating Real Impact: Why We Must Work Portfolio-Based With Missions
If we as a society want to create long-term, sustainable impact and maybe even solve some of the wicked problems we face, it is crucial that more people dare work portfolio-based and insist on seeing both the problems we are facing and our systems in a new light.? ?
It is part of our mission-driven approach at DDC – Danish Design Center.
Read the full article here . ?
This article is the fourth and final piece (so far) in the Wicked Series. The articles explore and explain how we work with wicked problems from a design- and mission-driven perspective.? ?
Op-Ed: Sweden and Germany have a national strategy for social innovation. It's time we follow suit
The Danish Parliament must support the development of a national strategy for social innovation and a strong financing structure to which philanthropic funds and investment players can contribute.??
Otherwise, we'll never succeed in solving the wicked problems of our time. ?
Read the full op-ed by Sara Gry Striegler , DDC, and Anders Folmer Buhelt , Akademiet for Social Innovation, here .
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