Relational Design Thinking: 55 Frameworks for Human Systems

Move beyond artifact-centric design and embrace systems thinking that prioritizes invisible human dynamics. This presentation introduces relational design as a paradigm shift for organizational leaders, design educators, and change practitioners: • Why traditional linear design fails at interconnected human challenges • The anatomy of human systems: relationships as the true intervention zone • Five organizational scales of systemic complexity and their relational dynamics • How relationship tension transmits throughout networks—and why design must account for it • 55 integrated frameworks deployed in synchronized clusters to diagnose systemic problems like burnout • Operationalizing relational design through digital tools, training, and theory Learn how to architect healthier, more resilient human relationships—the real future of design. Presented by William Braddock (MFA Design Thinking, Radford University).