5.4.1 Innovación e deseño transformadores

A simple sustentabilidade xa non é suficiente ante numerosos retos converxentes. Xa houbo demasiado dano. Debemos reconstruír a saúde ambiental e comunitaria, desenvolver sistemas rexenerativos e aprender a pensar con imaxinación ante a imprevisibilidade.

To accomplish this, we must actively engage in transformative innovation, which goes beyond “sustaining innovation” and “disruptive innovation,” as articulated by Clayton Christensen (1997). Any suggested advances should be assessed for their potential to be a first step toward regenerative cultures. Whole systems thinking that is integrative is necessary for transformative innovation. We are able to develop win-win solutions and create designs with systemic harmony. To do this, we must comprehend the interconnectedness of the convergent crises and respond to their complexity with an integrated and participatory strategy. We can develop solutions that help the individual, the community, and the ecosystem if we focus on the right size.

The term “resilience” has gained a lot of popularity, but few people have cared to delve thoroughly into the rich understanding that Forty years of research on change and ecosystem transformation has given us. Research on resilience provides crucial information for developing regenerative cultures. In order to keep our options open and prepare for the unexpected, we can build for transformative resilience. To do this, we must prioritize relationships and information flow, as well as diversity, adaptation, and redundancy at various sizes. The ability to anticipate potential futures, maintain our health and integrity, and adapt and change in response to the constantly changing socio-ecological systems in which we engage are all examples of transformative resilience.

A nosa comprensión de como o deseño desempeñará un papel na próxima transformación aumentou moito nos últimos 20 anos. A través das cousas, sistemas e procesos que producimos, o deseño é como a nosa visión e sistemas de valores se expresan na nosa cultura material. A nosa perspectiva e sistemas de valores están á súa vez moldeados por eleccións de deseño anteriores, como as estruturas e cidades nas que vivimos. O deseño é un diálogo que incorpora varios puntos de vista ao proceso culturalmente creativo.

É obvio que hai límites para cantas culturas rexenerativas poden deseñarse. As nosas sociedades e culturas son sistemas dinámicos complexos como todos os demais, e son inherentemente imprevisibles e controlados. O deseño e a creación de novidades imprevistas deben entenderse como dúas caras dunha mesma moeda. Seremos máis capaces de deseñar con modestia e considerando coidadosamente a entrada sistémica como resultado.