Opportunities of Systems Intelligence in Systemic Design

To tackle complex and wicked problems, systemic approaches are needed. Systems Intelligence (SI) takes behavioral, interactional and bottom-up perspectives on systems. Systemic design aims to design desired futures to solve complex and interconnected problems. As a process, it consists of framing the system, sensemaking and analysis, reframing, codesigning, and roadmapping (Jones & Van Ael, 2022). The goal of this paper is to demonstrate how SI can be applied in systemic design. As an outcome, we propose a three-part model that combines these systemic approaches in design principles, methodology, and evaluation. This paper contributes a new theoretical model to the field of systemic design.