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Julian Bleecker of Nokia's Design Strategic Projects Studio reviews Roberto Verganti's Design-Driven Innovation, "a business book on how "firm's" can participate in larger networks of design discourse in order to achieve radically innovative stuff."
His synthesis:
"Mostly an argument with a three-step "how-to" addressed chiefly to executives. An intriguing argument with a fistful of examples presented over and over to drive these points home. In the "good" column, I would say that it is not bad to have (another) book addressed to (potentially) skeptical executives who are more motivated by features and bottom line bill-of-materials/profit/margin sorts of things. On the "m'eh" column, I would say that simplifies the really curious, intriguing and fun challenges of leading an organization that has fiduciary and legal responsibilities to make as much money as it can; that has cultures that are led chiefly by engineering and accounting; that thinks design is putting lovely curves around rectangular circuit boards; &c; &c; would be a much more interesting read. Rather than the "pat" case studies, I would like to have more of a deep/thick investigation of what happens really when one leads with design. It's more than partying with the well-known, hipster designers Verganti highlights."
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