A look ahead to the London Design Festival
...have considered for much longer. We want to open up the debate in three of our own events: Design research The first, on Wednesday 20th September, is a small gathering...
...have considered for much longer. We want to open up the debate in three of our own events: Design research The first, on Wednesday 20th September, is a small gathering...
...to use this blog to be more outward-facing and to really practice open policy making by connecting with new audiences and experts and asking them to contribute to this debate...
...where their supporters could write, debate and prioritize policy ideas. Only one party, the Best Party, used the Better Reykjavík website, asking their supporters to join and help them create...
...that may not have occurred to the experts caught up in the debate. They enable one to penetrate well beyond opinion polling, to understand not just what people say they...
...on the collective wisdom of policymakers, academics, industry stakeholders, creatives, and the public. To do this, we ran a Collective Intelligence debate over the course of a week using the...
...constantly on my mind. Our tools in action The Lab is a mix of experienced civil servants, and designers and researchers new to government. So there’s often lively debate: for...
...the confidence to proceed and make truly innovative and incredible policy. And finally we will need the determination to put good ideas into practice, which involves significant energy, commitment, courage...
...build energy and excitement in one day, and get lots of ideas going. But how do we turn that into policy? Lesson #2: policy makers often feel more comfortable dealing...
...was key to our success and we were delighted by the scale and speed of response from employers, bringing extra energy and impetus and providing a platform for over 40...
...is the system mapping project we ran in 2019 with UCL and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) on the decarbonising buildings and industry. In workshops for...