...importance of process in creating successful policy, noting that: 'Bad’ process is time wasting and energy sapping. It can reinforce barriers to collaboration, solidify hierarchies and hamper adaptiveness. ‘Good process’...
...but the practical reality of gaining access to political conversations is almost always prohibitive. Designers therefore need to be tactical and opportunistic about focusing their energy on where to effect...
...to date, not materialised. More recently, Minouche Shafik, former Deputy Governor at the Bank of England, debated at the Oxford Union whether we are in a ‘post-truth’ era. Some would...
...are many existing examples of designers deploying imaginative approaches to tackle climate change, from Olafur Eliasson’s Little Sun prototypes to Superflux’s Future Energy Lab speculations. However, given the pressing nature...
...whose ‘energy comes from within’. I learnt, for example, to help people find safe spaces for thinking - and not to force people to take a view before they've had...
...from across different industries, including telecoms, energy companies, ports, environmental charities and a local authority. Participants co-created 50+ ideas for how to improve the use and usability of marine plans...
...these challenges aired in a room, directly with policy makers. The energy would rise and challenges would become more intense, and then a wave of humour or a response from...
...ideas produced by the participants who kindly brought their time and energy to discussing their communities and region and what they thought it needed to produce a Great North by...
...makers. It was a very useful day - and, we hope, interesting for the participants, whose time and energy were much appreciated! Next we’re focusing on completing discovery: Mint will...
...day and catch up on the presentations. The speakers were great as were the interactions, and it is clear to me that we have more energy, experience and excellence in...