Pre-competitive purposes / innovation / research / collaboration refers to early stage, multi-sector, “market development” efforts that aim to open up space and capacity for cooperation & competition by developing knowledge, expectations, standards.
Two teams of masters degree students from OCAD University's Strategic Foresight & Innovation program in Toronto competed in the third annual Rotman Design Challenge, held on March 24, 2012 at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management. The OCAD SF&I teams were awarded second and third place, with Chicago's IIT Institute of Design winning first place in the competition organized by the Rotman Business Design Club.
This paper from RSD7 explains the power of systemic design to bring positive change & unintended consequences. We argue for alloying systemic design with ethics, social justice & data literacy. Read the paper.
Pre-competitive purposes / innovation / research / collaboration refers to early stage, multi-sector, “market development” efforts that aim to open up space and capacity for cooperation & competition by developing knowledge, expectations, standards.