Editors’ Introduction Ten years ago, Fred Collopy published this short provocative essay at Fast Company (June 7, 2009). Based on his experience working with systems thinking Collopy offered the proponents of design thinking a cautionary tale regarding the promise of thinking holistically about complex phenomena. He also offered his suggestions for a research agenda intended to harvest the insights of inquiry and experimentation concerning systems thinking in a productive and useful manner. A decade later, a review of conference programs, academic literature, the popular press, design blogs, podcasts, and casual coffee shop discussions reveals that interest in both systems thinking and design thinking continues to grow. Design Issues has a long tradition of republishing important documents and offering space for scholars and practitioners to reflect upon mistakes made, lessons learned, and possibilities identified. The editors of this journal consider Collopy’s essay to be as timely now as when it first appeared. Mistakes are inevitable but failure is not.

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为什么系统思维的失败会影响设计思维的未来 (06.07.09)

编辑介绍 十年前，Fred Collopy 在 Fast Company（2009 年 6 月 7 日）上发表了这篇具有煽动性的短文。基于他在系统思维方面的工作经验，Collopy 为设计思维的支持者提供了一个关于全面思考复杂现象的承诺的警示故事。他还提出了一项研究议程的建议，旨在以一种富有成效和有用的方式收获有关系统思维的探究和实验的见解。十年后，对会议项目、学术文献、大众媒体、设计博客、播客和休闲咖啡店讨论的回顾表明，人们对系统思维和设计思维的兴趣持续增长。Design Issues 有着重新发布重要文件的悠久传统，并为学者和从业者提供空间来反思所犯的错误、吸取的教训和确定的可能性。该杂志的编辑认为 Collopy 的文章现在和最初发表时一样及时。错误是不可避免的，但失败不是。