Design Futures Council
2021 Sustainability Foreword and Table of Contents Context: The Future of Environmental Responsibility - M. LeFevre The Changing Governance of All Things - D. Gilmore The 10-Minute Neighborhood - K. Sanders Life Cycle Assessment: A Changing Frame - R. Taylor/D. Kestner Planetary Design: The Profound Importance of Our Embedded Nature - G. Reid Design Will Not Change the World - R. Ventura The Circular Economy: Why Not Us? - R. Spears Shifting Perspectives - D. Condon COVID’s Effect on Sustainability - A. Horning Systems Thinking: Four Business Models to Accelerate Environmental Responsibility - P. Sundharam How Purpose Drives Balance - E. Mitchell-Kozack Collective Action: Lessons Learned - D. Davies Re-educating Ourselves: Crossing Boundaries Farther Afield - L. Sale The Road to 2030: Small Steps, Big Changes - R. Reis/T. Powers
David Gilmore

Dave Gilmore

President, CEO, DesignIntelligence

The Changing Governance of All Things

Dave Gilmore posits a new order in response to concurrent crises.

Challenges

2020 has been marked as a “Year of Crises.” A crisis can be defined as a “testing or trying time affecting an individual, group, community, society, or other organizational entity.” Usually construed in the negative sense, crisis often relates to themes such as security, economic, political, environmental, or health. By any metric, there is little doubt — in 2020, our world experienced multiple crises in multiple genres across multiple dimensions. Here are some notable challenges we faced:

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