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Human-centred design (HCD)

Human-centred design (HCD)

HCD is “a design and management framework that develops solutions to problems by involving the human perspective in all steps of the problem-solving process.” (Wikipedia)

But people are not the centre of the universe even if we carry on as if we are. We have a lot of problems to solve, but humans don't live in isolation. We are just one piece in a very large puzzle. When we view problems that impact people, our solutions are often developed in isolation while we often ignore the broader impacts of our human-centred solutions.

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Looking beyond our own perspective

Bee-centred design is about shifting our mindset to open up new perspectives for the things we create.

Bees are a sentinel species, meaning they detect risks to humans by providing advance warning of danger. If our design process shifted to centre them or to focus on weaker links, we would ...

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Widening our view of the world

Bee-centered design would expand our view of the world. It would mean getting out of our human bubble and look around. 

We tell ourselves so many stories when we create something, but we don't question the validity and value of solving problems that affect only us. It may be time to br...

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Bee-design is about the quality of design solutions

Bees work in service of their hives. The hive system delivers maximum value because every bee has a clear view of where they are going. Humans generally don't have shared goals. The closest thing we have is the profit motive.

However, if we can have collective goals around empowerment, incl...

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