Team Roles

Four key characteristics needed for successful systemic design projects.

Purpose of this tool:

The purpose of this tool is to help ensure that your team has considered how it will adopt the four roles that are central to systemic design.

Why this tool is important:

Our research has shown that systemic design works best when four core roles are fulfilled. These roles are systems thinker, leader and storyteller, designer and maker, connector and convener. Some teams may include people who can span more than one of these roles.

These roles are important because, taken together, they will ensure that your team adopts a systemic mindset and embeds the Design for Planet principles with greater ease throughout the project.

What you need to begin:

To use this tool, you need to have a high-level understanding of the people who will be working on, and influencing, the direction of your project. This may just be an internal team, or it might include external stakeholders who are closely involved in the project. If the latter, consider using this tool together with them.