SUMMER 2014

As a design thinking and innovation practitioner, I am always a champion of striving to find new ways to looks at a problem or challenge. And as someone passionate and sincerely curious about how might our world meet the Sustainable Development Goals at most, and equalize the grave inequalities at least, I see the mainstreaming of design thinking of one such avenue that empowers local leaders from around the world to reframe issues into opportunities. This essay shares why. Note, this article is featured in the Design Management Review Summer 2014 Issue- DESIGN AND PURPOSE/SOCIAL INNOVATION Vol. 25, No. 2; Courtney Lawrence © 2014 The Design Management Institute. This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by permission of the Design Management Institute for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Design Management Review, 25:2, NA. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/drev.10282