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Integrating Narrative Design into the World Economic Forum's Transformation Maps for Enhanced Complexity Comprehension

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Interactive Storytelling (ICIDS 2023)

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The Transformation Maps, developed and maintained by the World Economic Forum's Strategic Intelligence Platform, serve as a systems thinking tool aimed at visualizing and analyzing complex global challenges and interconnected factors. While the tool’s information curation is impressive, there is still potential to further enhance the tool’s effectiveness in facilitating a deeper comprehension of complex systems. To explore the potential of interactive narrative design applied to the maps, we conducted a workshop with the Forum and the INDCOR COST Action group [1]. This paper gives an overview of the workshop methods and outcomes. We propose the integration of narrative into the Transformation Maps on the SI platform to improve agency, immersion and transformation, Janet Murray’s three pillars of experiential aesthetic qualities [2]. This is particularly relevant when considering improvements in UX/UI, content, and complexity comprehension within the Transformation Maps tool. By focusing on these areas, IDN design can foster meaningful and immersive experiences that catalyze transformative understandings of complex systems, helping individuals transcend existing knowledge boundaries. We provide concrete examples about how IDN design can improve understanding, specifically through the integration of personas for multipersperspictivity and personalization. Also, the insights and recommendations derived from this workshop emphasize the power of collaborative efforts among stakeholders, in this case industry and academic professionals, in continuously advancing knowledge and fostering meaningful product reflection and growth.

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    Breanne Pitt

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    Christian Roth

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Pitt, B., Roth, C. (2023). Integrating Narrative Design into the World Economic Forum's Transformation Maps for Enhanced Complexity Comprehension. In: Holloway-Attaway, L., Murray, J.T. (eds) Interactive Storytelling. ICIDS 2023. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 14383. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-47655-6_21

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