Model & Tools

MOOC

Open Book

Toolkit

Learning Lab

Vocabulary

Pills

DC4DM MODEL & TOOLS

The DC4DM project aims to develop a new educational model and a set of tools to support the training of Digital Maturity Enablers, new professional figures able to master responsibly emerging digital technologies.


Digital Maturity Enablers have the ability to drive companies in an ever-changing digital scenario to achieve Digital Maturity, that is a measure of an individual or organisation’s ability to create value through digital solutions, usually a predictor of success for companies launching a digital transformation.

Digital Maturity Enablers possess Digital Creative Abilities (DCAs): Cognitive, Digital, Cross-functional Team, Strategic Vision. Such DCAs would help Digital Maturity Enablers to navigate disruption, make sense of complexity, and deal with uncertainty to envisage the medium and longer-term futures (5-15 years) of social and technology environments (Joern Bühring and Jeanne Liedtka, Embracing systematic futures thinking at the intersection of Strategic Planning, Foresight and Design, 2018).

These DCAs are useful to face the ongoing digital transformation. They include not only a broad range of skills (cognitive, social, emotional, etc.), but also disciplinary and procedural knowledge, attitudes and values that can guide a person to face the complexity of today and tomorrow’s challenges.

To discover more about how to develop the DCAs, download DM Toolkit Guidelines.

To envision new future scenarios reflecting on the possible applications of digital technologies and anticipating the potential implications they might have on the societal, environmental, economic and political levels, the DC4DM model adopts the Design Futures process by integrating Futures Thinking (FT) and Design Thinking methods.

The DC4DM model is based on three sequential phases. The first one, PRE-PROCESS, concerns the training of those knowledge and skills that are propaedeutic for the DM Enabler to go through the whole process; basically, this phase aims to develop the DCAs described above. The second phase, PROCESS, is based on a divergent-convergent Future Design Thinking approach; this phase aims to guide the DM Enabler through the design of new digital solutions with a projection toward future. POST-PROCESS, the third and final phase, consists in supporting the DM Enabler in iterating and continuing to add value to their abilities and/or organisation.

To discover more about the PROCESS structure and proposed methods and tools, read the DM Toolkit Guidelines.

DC4DM EDUBOX

At the end of the project you will be able to navigate the DC4DM EDUbox and other intellectual outputs through the map below. All materials will be open-source so that our DM Community will be able to apply the DC4DM method in their learning context and help us out in improving and evolving, exactly how digital technologies do!

Orientation Guide
TOOLKIT

Apply
the DC4DM model
VOCABULARY

Apply
the DC4DM language
PILLS

Get inspired by
the DC4DM community
LEARNING LAB
FORMAT

Apply the DC4DM
training session

MOOC

Learn the DC4DM
fundamentals
OPEN BOOK

Learn
the DC4DM ethos

DM TOOLKIT

The DM Toolkit is a practical guide and pathway towars Digital Maturity. It includes a set of methods and tools that can serve different learning setting (from HE to business environments). The DM Toolkit consists in the Guidelines that help to go through the three phases of the DC4DM model, Pre-process, Process and Post-Process, and
understand its parts. Also, the DM Toolkit is accessible through a Miro Miroverse board
where both educators and learners can find further instructions and download tools.

Guidelines
Miro Miroverse board

DM VOCABULARY & GALLERY

The DM Vocabulary aims to build a shared knowledge for working with emerging digital technologies. It consists in a list of terms and definitions that would allow the Digital Maturity Enabler to become more knowledgeable on digital technologies and future thinking approach.
The DM Vocabulary is also integrated Gallery, a set of case studies and best practices that serve to inspire and ignite critical reflection.
Gallery
Vocabulary

DM PILLS

The DM Pills are short video interviews to experts and contributors from Universities, SMEs and startups in Europe with the aim of collecting different points of view, experiences and best practices on digital maturity, digital creativity and education.
The DM Pills will be available soon through our DC4DM Youtube channel.

Youtube Channel

LEARNING LAB FORMAT

A practical guide for supporting educators in organizing an intensive Learning Lab for their students. It is presented in two main parts: the first is an online guide explaining the keys to success in applying the DC4DM model advising on how to select the actors, how to create active teams, how to manage logistics and facilitation techniques and so on.
The second is a template that allows to prepare an actual action plan and tick all boxes in preparation of the educational workshop.  Teachers can refer to the format for guidance before, during and after the training.

See the Online Guide
Download the Template

MOOC

Are you an educator? Would you like to train the next generation of Digital Maturity Enablers?
Through this Massive Open Online Course called “Digital Creativity for developing Digital Maturity Future Skills” you will acquire the fundamental elements of the DC4DM model and the toolbox to guide your students in becoming experts who strategically envision future digital scenarios and solutions in a sustainable, ethical and strategic way.

Join the MOOC

OPEN BOOK

The Open Book for Digital Creatives allows the learner, the educator and the entrepreneur to get a general idea on what Digital Creativity for Digital Maturity means and suggests how to continue to learn and apply the model and tools through further outputs gathered in the DC4DM Edu Box online. It aims to inspire new ideas, conversations, and experiments among those who are curious to take part in the DC4DM movement and wish to develop their digital creativity.

Open Book

Andrea Botero Cabrera

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Andrea Botero is Academy of Finland Research Fellow at the School of Arts, Design and Architecture of Aalto University and conspirator at the design studio Suo&Co. As of August 2022 she will be Professor of New Frontiers of Design at Aalto University. Her design works explores technologies, services and media formats for collectives and communities. Through her research work she aims to understand how collectives come to understand the design spaces available to them and how designers could support more various infrastructuring processes around them. Andrea has a Doctor of Arts (DA) in New Media from Alto University, a masters (MA) in product and strategic design from the School of Arts and Design Helsinki and a BA in industrial design from Universidad Nacional de Colombia.

Roberta Anelli

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Roberta is a Sociologist and Criminologist with a passion for social and technological trends. She has always dealt with new methodologies for the management and development of ideas, new approaches to understand the market and design the right target and personas, building the proper business strategy.
Experienced Business Innovation Advisor demonstrated history of working in the management consulting industry. Skilled in Innovation Management, Open Innovation, Innovation Lab, Business Model definition and Innovation scouting.
She has a strong experience in social trend analysis, working on the understanding and study of citizens’ and consumers’ opinions and behaviors, useful to companies for the analysis of new strategies, also using AI and NLP tools.

Vincenzo Tanania

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Vincenzo is a Director in PwC New Ventures with the role of Innovation Team Coordinator. He gained experience in public and private sector with national and international customers.
He focused his multidisciplinary activity on innovation management, technology transfer, digital strategy, new business model definition, program and project management, business process reengineering and organizational restructuring.
He coordinated Strategic and Management Consulting projects aimed at enhancing the innovation potential of the production system also supporting services for the creation of new innovative Companies, Startups, Spinoffs.
He currently coordinates Nudge for Innovation, the PwC Innovation Programme promoting a culture of innovation and enhancing company’s resources and skills through a guided methodology, supporting employees in the ideation, development and launch of innovative solutions.

Tommaso Nervegna

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With a background in interaction design, Tommaso has accumulated more than 14 years’ experience in product and service design, brand strategy, and customer experience.
His primary responsibility is supporting growth and learning by ensuring every team and project is equipped with the best design-led methods and knowledge.
To make this happen, Tommaso has spent the past 14 years working between Italy, UK, Middle East, Turkey, Greece and the Dominican Republic, working tirelessly to develop and deliver experiences to help teams and clients harness the power of customer-centricity to create new service and product experiences that people will love

Pawel Pokutycki

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Pawel Pokutycki (PL/NL) is an interaction designer, researcher and lecturer at the Royal Academy of Art (KABK) in The Hague and Design Academy Eindhoven, The Netherlands. In 2005 he initiated early activities of the RFID Lab, later called the AR+RFID Lab, an experimental interdisciplinary platform for research in the application of Augmented Reality (AR) and Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technologies in the field of art and design. He is a core member of the Alternative Learning Tank (ALT), a nomadic school and artistic organization that focuses on research, creation and implementation of didactical programs on progressive and radical fields of knowledge which are often neglected by educational institutions. His recent projects focus on exploring relationships between new media theory, political, social and cultural studies by concept development and prototyping for interactive media. He believes in a methodology of design based on his own, peculiar interpretation of the Black Box Theory presented at a TEDx event in 2012. Currently he is conducting multidisciplinary research on “Humane Technology for the Global South: Ethics of Interaction Design in the (post)Colonial Context”, besides Europe frequently lecturing and giving masterclasses in such countries as Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, India and China.

Marco Taisch

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Marco Taisch has been Full Professor at the Politecnico di Milano since 1991, where he teaches Advanced Production Systems, Sustainable Manufacturing and Operations Management and where he coordinates the Manufacturing Group of the School of Management. Since 2002 he has been particularly dedicated to the study of technological trends carrying out some technological roadmaps and studies of technologies foresight on manufacturing as a consultant for the European Commission. He is a member of the Board of EFFRA (European Factories of the Future Research Association), of the board of the Italian Intelligent Factory Cluster and of the Lombard Intelligent Factory Cluster. He is co-founder and scientific chairman of the World Manufacturing Foundation, under whose aegis is annually organized the World Manufacturing Forum, the world event for the definition of the agenda on manufacturing. He is a founding member of Miraitek4.0, two spin-offs of the Politecnico di Milano on Industry 4.0 issues. He is president of MADE – Competence Center Industry 4.0, the largest of the eight competence centers of the National Industry 4.0 Plan. Consultant to several companies including Leonardo, Thales Alenia Space and Siemens.

Manuel Zacklad

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Manuel Zacklad is a professor at the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (CNAM) in Information and Communication Sciences (ICS), holder of the “Expressions and Cultures at Work” chair, vice-president of the CNAM’s scientific council (2013-2018), and director of the Dicen-IDF laboratory (Dispositifs d’Information et de Communication à l’Ère Numérique en Ile-de-France, EA 7339) His research focuses on three topics that revolve around the digital transition and its consequences based on several theoretical approaches.
First, the study of social and organizational changes induced by the generalization of digital technology is approached from the perspective of document theory (documentarization and documents for action). The second topic is the design of new information dissemination and sharing systems involving new knowledge organization systems (socio-semantic web). Finally, the search for new forms of socio-technical innovation is part of the perspective of conviviality economies and is based on the analysis of cooperation processes taking into account the so-called “immaterial and relational” activities (semiotics of cooperative transactions). More recently, he has participated in the reflection around an interdisciplinary theory of design. 

Matteo Losi

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In April 2020, Matteo Losi was nominated Head of Presales Architect and Innovation for SAP EMEA South. This region includes Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece and Israel, Turkey, Middle East and Africa. Losi is responsible for developing knowledge and driving customer and prospect choice towards SAP’s innovative digital transformation and cloud scenarios. Previously, Losi worked as Digital Transformation Chief Expret and Database & Data Management Sales Director in SAP Italy to enhance SAP’s Platform and Digital Core strategy to help Italian companies develop Digital Transformation paths based on SAP HANA and SAP S/4HANA. Matteo Losi joined SAP Italy in 2001 as Head of Presales & Business Development. In recent years he has held strategic roles in the presales area at EMEA level and in South Africa as Head of Presales Africa in Johannesburg. Before joining SAP, Losi gained significant experience at ST Microelectronics, Siemens, and as a consultant at Ernst & Young Consultants. Losi holds a degree in Electronic Engineering from Politecnico di Milano.