Social System Design, Public Policy

Public Management Theory

Studies in Socioeconomic System

SDGs, the world and us

Introduction to Social System Design

This researcher studies the methodology to construct core question for social issues that do not have a "correct answer", and to grasp the solutions as oneness by breaking the shell of creativity and intuition (design thinking) for the well-being of the world and individuals. He researches a methodology called “social system design” that can be systematically proposed to the society as a new value (system thinking) and skills to carry on a project (project management).

• Development and validation of methodology that emerge social innovation.
• Development and validation of social design methodology to positively change the world.
• Method to development and validate the concept of well-being-centered design.
• Development of a methodology for social design of local currencies that improves the subjective well-being at local communities.
• Development of the correlation between job engagement, subjective well-being, and corporate growth as well as its design methodology.
• Development and validation of dialogue methods that promote social innovation.
• Construction of a mechanism to enhance subjective well-being and revitalization of local communities and verification by promoting social-capital-based connections among local residents.
• Development of architecture to establish "ba" design and to enhance subjective well-being of local residents for revitalization.
• Development and verification of a methodology to emerge innovation using system and design thinking.
• Development and verification of financial methods in which finance creates new value to enhance subjective well-being of local residents.

In order to realize the society where both the earth and individuals are in the state of well-being, the researcher studies the academic framework of design thinking, systems thinking and project management to explore solutions to various social issues, which is creative methodologies to be put into practice. The methodology is called social system design.

The central concept of the methodology is "well-being-centered design", which is advanced from the human-centered design, to design well-being both for the earth and individuals.

Since quality and quantity of human connections is scientifically proved to correlate with subjective well-being, the researcher focuses upon design of local currency that mediates local socio-economic activities to strengthen social capital for enhancing subjective well-being. The researcher particularly pays attention to the academic approach to identify currency for paying-it-forward, and are studying how it is related to enhance the user's subjective well-being.

The researcher also studies the correlation between job engagement, subjective well-being of corporate employees and corporate growth in the fields of the design methodology and validation. Studies are forwarded to the fields of the dialogue theories to enhance social innovation.

The researcher is member of the Japan Academic Society of Regional Revitalization, and councilor of the Japan Creativity Society.

• Okuyama, M., Sakakura, K., Yasui, T., Maeno, T. (2019) ‘Building an Open Innovation Model over a Horizontal Network by Applying the Open Innovation Theory on SMEs in Japan-From a Case Study on Shitamachi Bobsleigh Network Project in Ota City, Tokyo', International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, in press [peer-reviewed]
• Toshiyuki Yasui, Seiko Shirasaka, Takashi Maeno (2014) ‘Designing Critical Policy Infrastructures by Participatory Systems Analysis: The Case of Fukushima’s Reconstruction’, International Journal of Critical Infrastructures, Vol. 10, Nos. 3/4, pp. 334-346　[peer-reviewed]
• Ockie J.H. Bosch, Nam C Nguyen, Takashi Maeno, Toshiyuki Yasui (2013) ‘Managing Complex Issues through Evolutionary Learning Laboratories’, Systems Research and Behavioral Science, Volume 30, Issue 2, pp. 116-135　[peer-reviewed]
• Toshiyuki Yasui (2011) ‘A New Systems-Engineering Approach for a Socio-Critical System: A Case Study of Claims-Payment Failures of the Japan’s Insurance Industry’, International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE), Systems Engineering Journal, Vol. 14, No. 4, pp. 349-363　[peer-reviewed]
• Toshiyuki Yasui, Madoka Maeno, Naoko Hirota, Takashi Maeno (2015), ‘Systemic Expansion of Solution Space for Social Innovation: Structured Multiplication Approach to Solve Social Issues’, Proceedings, The 9th Asia-Pacific Council on Systems Engineering Conference (APCOSEC 2015), Seoul, Korea, October 13-15, pp. 542-548　[peer-reviewed]

• Shimizu, M. and Yasui, T., ‘Chapter 19 Great East Japan Earthquake Disaster in 2011: Lessons for Public Management’, pp.457-478, in Brown, D.C.G. and Czaputowicz, J. (eds), Dealing with Disaster: Public Capabilities for Crisis and Contingency Management, IIAS Public Governance Series (Vol. 2, 1st Edition), Brussels: IIAS-IISA, ISBN:979863200705
• Okuyama, M., Yasui, T., Maneo, T. and Sakakura, K., ‘Chapter 11: The empirical study on the emergence and diffusion process of design-driven innovation initiated by knowledge creation: from the field study in the industrial cluster of the Sumida Ward, Tokyo’, pp. 230-258, Bernhard, I., Gråsjö, U., and Karlson, C. (eds.), Diversity, Innovation And Clusters: Spatial Perspectives, Cheltenhom, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, May 2020, ISBN:9781789902570
• Toshiyuki Yasui, Takashi Maeno, Seiko Shirasaka, Yoshikazu Tomita, kanenori Ishibashi, ‘Workshop-based Policy Platform for Public-Private Partnership (WP5): Designing Co-Creative Policy-Making Platform for Regional Development of Nagano' , pp. 287-301, Kazuto Imazeki, Toshiyuki Yasui, Takashi Maeno, ‘An Evaluation Method of a Service Business Model Using Wants Chain Analysis' , pp. 523-538, Kazuto Imazeki, Toshiyuki Yasui, Takashi Maeno, ‘Design Method of Target Customer’s WANTs for a Service Based on Classification of Services Using WANTs' , pp.539-550, Takashi Maeno, Yuriko Sawatani, Tatsunori Hara (Eds.), Serviceology for Designing the Future: Selected and Edited Papers of the 2nd International Conference on Serviceology, New York: Springer, November 2016, ISBN 978-4-431-55861-3
• Yasui, T., Shirasaka, S., Maeno, T., ‘Chapter 6: Methodology of Workshop-Based Innovative System Design Grounded in Systems Engineering and Design Thinking’, pp.79-89, Maeno, T., Shirasaka, S., Yasui, T., ‘Chapter 7: Wants Chain Analysis: Analysis and Design Methods of Social Systems Taking into Consideration the Diversity of People’s Needs’, pp. 91-105, Kwan, Stephen K., Spohrer, James C., Sawatani, Y. (Eds.), Global Perspectives on Service Science: Japan, New York: Springer, June 2016, ISBN978-1-4939-3594-9
• Nishimori, M., Kanke, M., Tsutsuki, A., Kohtake, N., Shirasaka, S., Yasui, T., ‘Optimal Policy Design for Disaster-Hit Area of Japan: Bottom-Up Systems Analysis of Special Zone for Reconstruction by the ISDM’, in Gheorge, A.V., Masera, M., Katina, P.F. (eds.), Infranomics: Sustainability, Engineering Design and Governance, New York: Springer, December 2013, ISBN978-3319024929

 

• Project Management Professional (certified by Project Management Institute)

Social system design, Social innovation, subjective well-being, happiness, finance, public policy, dialogue, regional revitalization, local currency, international development