Follow the Rabbit

Systemic Design
Methodology
Find additional information, downloadable method
cards, and useful links on each method on the
CoLab website.
CoLab’s SD methodology is composed of four main
activities: Look, Frame, Generate, and Adapt…or, as we
like to call it: loofragenada!
Loo…fra…
ge…wha…?
LOOK:
“We need more information!”
FRAME:
“We have different understandings of the problem.”
GENERATE:
“We’re ready to test ideas!”
ADAPT:
“We have learnings to integrate into our approach.”
When choosing which SD method to use, start by asking
yourself: At what stage of the challenge are you?
Loofragenada is not a cycle you have to follow, or a
process you begin at a particular place. Start where it
makes sense to start, based on where you are in the work.
Different groups will come to SD at different points in their
process. It is the facilitator’s task to work with the client to
understand their needs: where they’ve been, where they
are now, and where they need to go.
Where do I
start?
Those are the 4
basic activities of
systemic design!
That depends!
It’s not a linear
process!
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