Discover how to design and implement systems change with the Disruptive Design Method Handbook. Learn about theories of change and systems interventions so you can create effective systems change outcomes.
Learn the Disruptive Design Method for creative problem solving
Get a crash course in the Disruptive Design Method for activating and initiating positive social and environmental change by design. This is the perfect starter book for anyone wanting to have a positive impact on the planet!
Discover the unique creative method of activating positive social and environmental change by learning the tools and techniques of the Disruptive Design Method. developed by Dr. Leyla Acaroglu and used by creative change-makers around the world to activate systems change for a positive future.
Contents
What’s inside the Disruptive Design Method Handbook?
Are you creative, eager to disrupt the status quo and passionate about making the world work better for all of us? This handbook will help you activate your agency, up-skill in change-making, and amplify your impact.
Discover the unique creative method of activating positive social and environmental change through the Disruptive Design Method. Developed by sustainability provocateur and creative protagonist, award-winning designer, sociologist, and UNEP 2016 Champion of the Earth, Dr. Leyla Acaroglu, the Disruptive Design Method is a holistic and substance-based approach to complex, creative problem-solving.
The method combines sociological inquiry methods, sustainability strategies, systems and design thinking tools, which, together, can be employed to develop strategic creative systems interventions that enact social and sustainable change.
Anyone, anywhere, can make change – no matter how big or small their sphere of influence may be. This method provides a process for doing it, as it guides people through the process of exploring and understanding problems, identifying strategic points of intervention, ideating, prototyping solutions, and ultimately getting their change-making provocations out into the world.
Download the handbook in handy PDF format and get started on your change-making journey!
Advance your learning
Ready for the next level?
Consider taking the Systems Thinking course. Overcome linear thinking and unravel the interconnectedness of our world. This 5-part course will get your head around systems thinking and give you the tools you need to understand the complex social, industrial, and environmental systems at play.
“Being part of the UnSchool is not just about finding a connection with a global group of individuals eager to do good. It’s about finding a way to activate your own agency, knowing that that’s the only real way to change your world.”
“The content has given me a practical way to delve into complex problems, exploring thinking far beyond my normal lines of inquiry, and to surface new areas for intervention and innovative ways of designing those interventions. Everyone who is tackling systems should learn this.”
Catriona McLagan
Refreshing
“As someone operating in the nonprofit sphere, it was refreshing to branch out and learn a new way of thinking. I’m going to take this new learning to become an agent of cultural change in my circles.”
Michael Paone
World renowned expert training
Your instructor
Sustainability provocateur, award-winning designer, UNEP Champion of the Earth, and creative changemaker pioneer, Dr. Leyla Acaroglu challenges people to think differently about how the world works. Leyla’s main-stage TED talk on sustainability has been viewed over a million times, she is the founder of the UnSchool and creator of the Disruptive Design Method. As as a renowned international expert on systems thinking and sustainability, she runs workshops around the world and designs unique educational experiences that help equip people with the tools to intervene and change systems to make the status quo obsolete. Leyla is sought after for her unique approach to activating positive social change by design.
Options and Pricing
Three payment options:
Full price: This pricing level is for those who have the resources to contribute the full price in one or two split payments. Your full price payment helps support those who otherwise would have a hard time accessing the course.
Supported price: This pricing level is for those who can contribute to the course cost, but not at the full level, however are still relatively comfortable with the cost. The supported price is equivalent to approximately half price.
Emerging price: This price level is for those who have either currency conversions that are distinctly unfavourable, are students, or are experiencing other hardships or circumstances that are impacting their ability to pay the full or supported fee.
What you get
Learn about the Disruptive Design Method
Identify strategic points of intervention
Get your change-making provocations out into the world!
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