INTRODUCTION
There has never been a more exciting time for engineers to make an impact at scale. We have a perfect storm of need and technological capability.
We have the immense challenge of climate change, alongside a desperate need to create a more sustainable and equitable model of consumption and production. But we're also at the top of a wave of innovation, the likes of which haven't been seen for around 120 years, where many distinct areas of technological progress are transforming our capacity to address the immense challenges we face.
These challenges are systemic and our responses must be too. That means taking into account not only technological systems but also complex socio-cultural and environmental systems. As engineers we need to deeply consider the needs of people and planet and create solutions that not only deliver value but are also shaped by our values.
This is what it means to be an empathetic engineer.
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The Empathetic Engineer Website
This free resource has been designed to provide design engineers, especially those just graduating, with an understanding of the principles, tools and methodologies to become more empathetic, systemic and creative. It has been created by designers and engineers at the Royal College of Art and the University of Cambridge with the support of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851. We have drawn on the very best tools and methodologies from a wide variety of sources, and consolidated them into 6 stage innovation process that can help you, as engineers, deliver more effective solutions.
