In the current climate of evolution companies are facing, digital transformation (TD) increasingly confirmes itself as an imperative step to take. However, this awareness does not always correspond to the development of adequate responses in companies, where traditional mindsets and structures coordinate non-cohesive transformation efforts - when they don't hold them back altogether. Rejecting a purely technological idea of digital transformation, it's observed how the cultural challenges of the contemporary world must be faced through developing an agile approach, based on an active search for change and a conscious management of people and meaning. A profound change of mindset that necessarily requires a leader, capable of responding to the specific needs and responsibilities of the moment, stepping away from traditional leadership models. The paper's aim is to contribute to the reflection on a new design paradigm, according to which design today - in its evolutions towards increasingly strategic areas - can reach a new design territory intertwined with leadership: transforming organizations. The research presents the still-unexplored potential of an alliance between the manager and the designer defined as "transformative" which aims to activate a human-centered transformation in the company. Currently holding back this match is a lack of information about the potential of this new role - both in the company and among designers themselves - which can be solved by building the bridge of a shared language between these two worlds. It becomes crucial, in this path to awareness, mapping the skills required to act as a catalyst for transformation in the company, while recognizing the advantages that the design training offers in this respect, and then placing the research in a real context, discussing directly with professionals involved in a case study example. If the market is constantly evolving so is the profession of the designer who, only through a full awareness of his own resources, can reinterpret his role and the possible fields of application of his approach in any historical moment.
Nell’attuale contesto di evoluzione che le imprese si trovano ad affrontare, la trasformazione digitale (TD) si conferma sempre più come un passo imperativo da compiere. A tale consapevolezza, però, non corrisponde sempre lo sviluppo di risposte adeguate nelle aziende, in cui mindset e strutture tradizionali coordinano sforzi di trasformazione non coesi e allineati, o li frenano. Rifiutando una concezione puramente tecnologica della TD, si osserva come le sfide culturali della contemporaneità vadano affrontate sviluppando un approccio agile, basato su ricerca attiva di cambiamento e gestione consapevole di persone e significati. Un profondo cambio di mindset che richiede necessariamente alla guida un leader in grado di rispondere ad esigenze e responsabilità peculiari del momento, allontanandosi dai modelli tradizionali di leadership. L’elaborato vuole contribuire alla riflessione su un nuovo paradigma di progettazione, secondo cui il design, nelle sue evoluzioni verso ambiti sempre più strategici, può approdare oggi ad un nuovo oggetto di progettazione intrecciato alla leadership: i processi di trasformazione nelle organizzazioni. La ricerca presenta il potenziale ancora poco esplorato di un’alleanza tra il manager e quel designer che verrà chiamato “trasformativo”, allo scopo di attivare una trasformazione human-centered in azienda. A frenare il match è una mancanza di riconoscimento delle potenzialità di questa nuova figura - sia in azienda che tra i designer stessi - da risolvere gettando il ponte di un linguaggio condiviso tra questi due mondi. Diventa cruciale in questo percorso di consapevolezza mappare le competenze necessarie ad attivarsi come catalizzatore di trasformazione in azienda, riconoscendo i vantaggi che la formazione di design offre in tale rispetto, e calare poi la ricerca in un contesto reale, confrontandosi direttamente con professionisti coinvolti in un caso studio esemplificativo. Se il mercato è in continua evoluzione, lo è anche la professione del designer che, solo attraverso una piena consapevolezza delle proprie risorse, può reinterpretare in ogni momento storico il proprio ruolo e i possibili terreni di applicazione del suo approccio.
Il designer trasformativo. Mappare le competenze di una disciplina in evoluzione
CASSANMAGNAGO, ALICE
2019/2020
Abstract
In the current climate of evolution companies are facing, digital transformation (TD) increasingly confirmes itself as an imperative step to take. However, this awareness does not always correspond to the development of adequate responses in companies, where traditional mindsets and structures coordinate non-cohesive transformation efforts - when they don't hold them back altogether. Rejecting a purely technological idea of digital transformation, it's observed how the cultural challenges of the contemporary world must be faced through developing an agile approach, based on an active search for change and a conscious management of people and meaning. A profound change of mindset that necessarily requires a leader, capable of responding to the specific needs and responsibilities of the moment, stepping away from traditional leadership models. The paper's aim is to contribute to the reflection on a new design paradigm, according to which design today - in its evolutions towards increasingly strategic areas - can reach a new design territory intertwined with leadership: transforming organizations. The research presents the still-unexplored potential of an alliance between the manager and the designer defined as "transformative" which aims to activate a human-centered transformation in the company. Currently holding back this match is a lack of information about the potential of this new role - both in the company and among designers themselves - which can be solved by building the bridge of a shared language between these two worlds. It becomes crucial, in this path to awareness, mapping the skills required to act as a catalyst for transformation in the company, while recognizing the advantages that the design training offers in this respect, and then placing the research in a real context, discussing directly with professionals involved in a case study example. If the market is constantly evolving so is the profession of the designer who, only through a full awareness of his own resources, can reinterpret his role and the possible fields of application of his approach in any historical moment.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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