{"id":5696,"date":"2026-04-16T13:18:36","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T21:18:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ycisl.su.domains\/?p=5696"},"modified":"2026-04-16T13:18:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T21:18:36","slug":"design-thinking-approaches-to-sustainability-in-smart-cities-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ycisl.su.domains\/?p=5696","title":{"rendered":"Design Thinking Approaches to Sustainability in Smart Cities &#038; Communities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ycisl.su.domains\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/3dtapproaches.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-5699\" src=\"https:\/\/ycisl.su.domains\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/3dtapproaches-1024x333.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ycisl.su.domains\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/3dtapproaches-1024x333.png 1024w, https:\/\/ycisl.su.domains\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/3dtapproaches-300x98.png 300w, https:\/\/ycisl.su.domains\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/3dtapproaches-768x250.png 768w, https:\/\/ycisl.su.domains\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/3dtapproaches.png 1049w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>With the start of the new CEE 177L Smart Cities &amp; Communities: Sustainability Design Thinking course in about 2 months, I wish to reflect on the methodological thrusts pinned to three design thinking approaches.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>PostIt Brainstorming and seeing what sticks: normal to crazy. Our un-bounded contributory method based on imaginative fast thinking idea generation and capture. The seemingly random yet focused method. Example: the perfect restaurant menu. Amenable to innovation and problem-solving.<\/li>\n<li>Tailoring to a single Composite Character Profile. Our feature list-based feedback loop method that cycles on lesson-backed iterations of character and product to achieve communicable positioning. The attractant method. Example: the original Macintosh UI. Amenable to early adopter kickstarting.<\/li>\n<li>A System of Systems: Networking Nodes, Connections &amp; Protocols. The architectural framework method that involves layered designs incorporating data-driven networking essentials such as routing, QoS, validations, performance evaluations, and synchronizations. The navigation method. Example: the perfect hotel. Amenable to interwoven storytelling.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The three above approaches are all connected with the YCISL program and the CEE 176G Sustainability Design Thinking course. I will be looking for fresh, inspired and inspirational outcomes. Let&#8217;s hope for creative energy, generational resonance and timely coincidence for each of our design thinking journeys.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the start of the new CEE 177L Smart Cities &amp; Communities: Sustainability Design Thinking course in about 2 months, I wish to reflect on the methodological thrusts pinned to three design thinking approaches. PostIt Brainstorming and seeing what sticks: normal to crazy. Our un-bounded contributory method based on imaginative fast thinking idea generation and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,25,29,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ideas","category-lessons","category-planning","category-thoughts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ycisl.su.domains\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ycisl.su.domains\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ycisl.su.domains\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ycisl.su.domains\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ycisl.su.domains\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5696"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/ycisl.su.domains\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5696\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5701,"href":"https:\/\/ycisl.su.domains\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5696\/revisions\/5701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ycisl.su.domains\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ycisl.su.domains\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ycisl.su.domains\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}