56 Quotes by Jens Martin Skibsted

A structured design approach can heighten the hit rate in the fuzzy front end of innovation processes in public and private sectors.

Design has become a universal medium for expressing ideas, raising fundamental questions, and addressing social challenges.

Being design-led means designers take ideas from the abstract to the concrete, from potential to real value.

Growth is not the end-all-goal of politics, but it is one of the most compelling deliverables.

When democracies don't deliver growth, alternatives seem more attractive.

Citizens have long been easily influenced by the opinions of others and sought social proof, but social media have amplified the phenomena to unprecedented heights. As digital devices permeate every aspect of our lives, it has boosted the way in which information can distort truth.

Democracy is not just about voting but about informed voting. If democracy doesn't have access to reliable sources of information and instead relies on social proof, then there is no way of distinguishing between junk evidence and actual knowledge.

A company's ethical behavior is ultimately triggered by some sense of caring. And care is a sense of closeness to someone or something. A company must bring value to whom or what it is close to.

I believe that to further strategic growth and development via design, we need to have a set of public design policies.