Description
Book SynopsisThe strategic-design scholar and urban-systems designer Moura Quayle shares her plan for integrating design and leadership, translating processes, principles, and practices from years of experience into tools of change for professional leaders.
Designed Leadership uses field-tested examples to teach high-level thinking, theorizing, and practicing.
Trade ReviewThis book contributes a very thoughtful set of observations about the principles and practices of successful leaders who rely on a 'strategic design' approach. Quayle draws on a diverse and impressive range of personal leadership experiences to illustrate and emphasize her points. Insightful, yet still accessible. -- Jeanne Liedtka, University of Virginia Darden School of Business This is a well-written, accessible account of what managers can learn from design to improve their practices and provide greater leadership for their organizations. Quayle's book builds on sound theoretical insights, but brings those insights to ground in practical applications that managers of all levels can appreciate. The book emphasizes opportunities rather than problems, and in this the author offers a positive perspective. Designed Leadership means more effective leadership, and this is something that we need more than ever in a complex and changing world. -- Richard Buchanan, Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Part I. Principles and Methods 1. Ten Principles for Designed Leadership Make Values Explicit Know Place and Experience Value Diversity Emphasize Edges and Boundaries Bridge Gaps and Make Connections Evaluate for Fit, Scale, and Context Learn from Natural Systems Apply the Jane Jacobs Test Attend to Patterns Never Finished but Always Complete 2. Strategic Design Method: Ask, Try, Do Part II. Learning and Practice 3. Thinking Visually and Spatially 4. Places to Practice Designed Leadership 5. Learning and Education for Designed Leadership 6. Designed Leadership Cases 7. Take-Away Appendix: The Evolution of Strategic Design in Business Thinking Notes Works Cited Index
