Positive Design and Appreciative Construction: From Sustainable Development to Sustainable Value

Foreword......Page 1
References......Page 6
Advances in appreciative inquiry......Page 8
Editorial Board2......Page 9
List of contributors......Page 10
Dedication......Page 12
Copyright_page......Page 13
Introduction to positive design and appreciative construction: From sustainable development to sustainable value......Page 14
Part I: Organizational and strategic perspectives......Page 18
Part II: Positive design perspectives......Page 20
Part III: Appreciative intelligence perspectives......Page 22
Part IV: Social entrepreneurship perspectives......Page 25
Conclusion......Page 26
References......Page 27
Creating sustainable value: A strength-based whole system approach......Page 28
How sustainability is perceived by most managers......Page 29
How we define sustainability......Page 30
Overview of the sustainability strategy process......Page 31
Establish the Baseline......Page 34
Determine Sustainable Value Trends......Page 36
Steps 3, 4, and 5: Developing the Sustainable Value Vision, Designing the Pathway, and Capturing the Value......Page 37
From Piecemeal to Whole System......Page 38
From Deficit-Based to Strength-Based Thinking......Page 39
Appreciative Inquiry Combining Whole System and Strength-Based Change......Page 40
Steps 6 and 7: Organizational Learning and Capacity Building......Page 42
References......Page 43
Designing a positive image: corporate branding and Social responsibility......Page 45
Design Considerations......Page 47
Adding CSR to branding......Page 50
Positive Messaging: A Green-is-Gold Story......Page 51
Design Questions: VCI Alignment......Page 52
Decision Process: Bringing the Inside Out......Page 53
Design Questions: Winning Over Stakeholders......Page 54
Johnson and Johnsons’ Campaign for Nursing’s Future......Page 55
Design Criteria: Win-Win......Page 56
Design Questions: Limited Scope......Page 57
Unilever: Bringing Vitality to Life......Page 58
Bringing the Business to CSR......Page 59
Design Limits: Local Resistance......Page 60
Product Design......Page 62
Using Branding and CSR to Drive Change......Page 63
References......Page 64
Bridging design and management for sustainability: Epistemological problems and possibilities......Page 66
Discourses bridging design and management......Page 68
The Design management Discourse and Its Characteristics......Page 69
The Design Thinking Discourse and Its Characteristics......Page 70
The Appreciative Inquiry Discourse and Its Characteristics......Page 72
Sustainability Within the Appreciative Inquiry Discourse......Page 73
The paradigmatic differences between the three discourses......Page 74
Epistemological Problems and Possibilities......Page 75
Projects Embracing These Ideas and Putting Them into Action......Page 77
Further Links between Design Thinking and Appreciative Inquiry......Page 80
Conclusion......Page 81
References......Page 82
A whole new value: Driving innovation, sustainability, and prosperity through appreciative inquiry......Page 85
Understanding the value shift......Page 86
Discovering sustainable value: The call for appreciative intelligence......Page 94
Changing at the scale of the whole: The call for appreciative inquiry......Page 96
Coconstructing in a New Way: Principle of Design......Page 100
References......Page 101
The road to Sustainable Value: The path-dependent construction of sustainable innovation as sociomaterial practices in the car industry......Page 105
Introduction......Page 106
Research design......Page 107
Data Collection and Analysis......Page 108
The Path Leading to the Dominance of the Internal Combustion Engine......Page 110
General Motors......Page 111
Contingent Critical Events in the Development of LEV Technologies......Page 112
Zero-Emission Vehicle Program of the Californian Air Resource Board......Page 113
Introduction of the Prius......Page 116
California Fuel Cell Partnership (CaFCP)......Page 117
Discussion......Page 118
From Sustainable Development to Sustainable Value......Page 120
References......Page 121
Stewardship design principles: learning from living systems (BIRDS) to codesign fast-forward futures......Page 123
Properties of open (living) systems and links to BIRDS stewardship principles......Page 126
From causal texture to stewardship principles......Page 127
Stewardship and design......Page 128
The BIRDS stewardship design principles......Page 130
Balance......Page 131
Interdependence......Page 132
Regeneration......Page 133
Diversity......Page 134
Succession......Page 135
From fast-fail to fast-forward to achieve more resilient futures......Page 137
References......Page 138
Forms of government and systemic sustainability: A positive design approach to the design of information systems......Page 142
The positive lens......Page 144
Sustainability......Page 145
Framework for the social construction of technology......Page 146
Organizational influence on IS......Page 147
Metaphors in information systems design......Page 148
Metaphors and governments......Page 149
Military Dictatorship, Military Juntas, or Stratocracy......Page 150
Bureaucracy......Page 151
Meritocracy......Page 152
Panarchism......Page 153
Anarchy......Page 154
Forms of government, sustainability, and positive design......Page 155
Summary and future research......Page 157
References......Page 158
The generative potential of participatory geographic information systems......Page 161
Sustainable value......Page 163
GIS Basics......Page 167
Generative Capacity......Page 168
Generation of community sustainable value in participatory GIS......Page 169
Applications of Participatory GIS......Page 172
Developing Participatory GIS......Page 173
Discussion......Page 174
References......Page 175
The art museum as laboratory for reimagining a sustainable future......Page 178
Background......Page 180
Guiding ideas as sustainable value......Page 182
Museums as wonder laboratories......Page 183
Dimensions of the museum experience......Page 184
The playful mind......Page 186
Appreciative intelligence and critical thinking......Page 188
Understanding by design......Page 190
Notes......Page 192
References......Page 193
Two inquiry-based approaches to sustainable value: Positive design and integrative thinking......Page 195
The Tata Nano......Page 196
Dealing with wicked problems......Page 198
Positive design and wicked problems......Page 201
The Role of Inquiry in Positive Design......Page 203
Integrative thinking......Page 204
The positive design mindset and integrative thinking......Page 205
Overview and conclusion......Page 209
References......Page 212
Sustainability and Organizational change: employees’ Perspective on the case of streamline manufacturing......Page 215
The streamline project......Page 216
Change toward Sustainability......Page 217
Positive Organizational Change......Page 218
Interview Protocol Development......Page 219
Semistructured Interviews......Page 220
Grounded Analysis......Page 221
Distributing leadership......Page 222
Elevated meaning-making in action learning......Page 224
Teams Reinforced the Personal......Page 225
Designing in the Environmental Concerns......Page 227
Shadowside: Personal Sacrifice......Page 228
Discussion......Page 229
Conclusion......Page 231
References......Page 232
Appendix. The interview protocol
......Page 234
Appreciative intelligence in action - A case study of sustainable value creation by Irupana Organic Food of Bolivia......Page 236
Introduction......Page 237
Appreciative intelligence......Page 238
Sustainable value......Page 239
Sustainable value framework......Page 240
Methodology......Page 242
The Irupana story......Page 243
Reframing the Potential in the Poverty of the Bolivian Altiplano......Page 244
Appreciating the Positive in the Bolivian Altiplano......Page 245
Seeing the Future Unfold from the Present at Irupana......Page 246
Persistence......Page 247
Building appreciative intelligence......Page 248
Generative Language......Page 249
Culture of the Possible......Page 250
Conclusions......Page 252
References......Page 253
Principal product from Irupana......Page 254
Production and export of organic products in Bolivia......Page 255
Social entrepreneurship: A model for sustainable value creation......Page 256
Social Entrepreneurship: A Model for Sustainable Value Creation?......Page 258
Models of social entrepreneurship......Page 260
The problem: The digital divide......Page 262
The Social Entrepreneur: Khalid Quadir......Page 263
bracNet’s Beginnings: The Shared-Value Creation Strategy......Page 264
Partnering for Social Impact......Page 265
Creating Sustainable Social Value: The E-hut Concept......Page 266
Financing Business at the Base of the Pyramid......Page 267
How can Social Entrepreneurship Serve as Model for Sustainable Value Creation?......Page 268
References......Page 270
Sustainability and impact of microfinance institutions: A case study of ACCION San Diego......Page 272
Creating sustainable value......Page 273
Methodology/approaches......Page 275
Conceptual framework......Page 277
ACCION SD: transforming the lives of microentrepreneurs......Page 280
ACCION SD’s Client Success Model......Page 281
Reframing to See the Positive Potential......Page 282
Lending......Page 283
Inspiring......Page 284
Appreciative intelligence at client level......Page 286
Sustaining Cycles of Success......Page 287
Conclusion......Page 289
References......Page 291
Positive design and construction of mechanisms for the sustainable development of microenterprises in Africa......Page 293
Introduction......Page 294
Microcredit and microenterprises......Page 295
Designing enterprise resources for sustainability......Page 300
Mozambique: Context of research......Page 301
Research design and methods......Page 304
Program design......Page 307
Conclusions and future research......Page 310
References......Page 311
Creating macro actors for sustainable development......Page 314
Actor-network theory......Page 316
The Scientific Method......Page 318
Application of ANT at a large research university......Page 319
Application of ANT Methodology and Results......Page 321
Identify and Describe the Purpose, Needs, and Benefits of the CSF and Sustainable Development......Page 322
Develop a List of Key Actor-Networks or Stakeholders and Define their Interests, Needs, and Requirements......Page 323
Enroll, Mobilize, Empower, and Coordinate Actor-Networks as Translators, i.e., Create Chains of Translators, and Minimize Resistance......Page 325
Develop and Implement Strategies for Expansion and Continuance of the Network by Engaging New Actants and Creating Centers of Translation, Black Boxes, and Macro Actors......Page 327
Conclusion......Page 329
Note......Page 330
References......Page 331