Practices for better ways of designing and working
Short learning drop-ins - 'or as someone put it, Make shit crystal clear'
Are you a service designer, or a change agent in the workplace?
This is for anyone who is involved in reinventing and redesigning work in any form. You are probably dissatisfied by the traditional methods of working, and yearn for making it better for us all.
Once a week, we will pick a topic, and informally go over some of the HOW that has worked. We will explore that topic together, and take examples that you will bring up from your work.
Every friday, at 9am, and repeated at 4pm GMT, duration 30min.
This is about sharing and learning about progressive ways of working, that bolsters the way that we want to work, that helps us to design better workplaces and organisations. We are all doing this, and yet, it is difficult to really learn from each other, unless we harness the power of virtual learning. This is about transcending the theory and detailed discussions, and focusing on real practice and what it can teach us.
We will use principles of design thinking, systems thinking, and concepts of progressive change and behaviour. We will look at frameworks and methods.
If you send me an email with the title Drop-in, I will let you know of upcoming sessions, and let you know when one might be cancelled for some reason.
Simply use the same zoom invite for each session, and join in.
Topic: Better designing & working drop-in
Time: Fridays, 9am & repeated 4pm GMT
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5563036960?pwd=S3JxSjNJSXZZM3hVNk5janMrbE5PZz09
Meeting ID: 556 303 6960
Passcode: dropin
This is for anyone who is involved in reinventing and redesigning work in any form. You are probably dissatisfied by the traditional methods of working, and yearn for making it better for us all.
Once a week, we will pick a topic, and informally go over some of the HOW that has worked. We will explore that topic together, and take examples that you will bring up from your work.
Every friday, at 9am, and repeated at 4pm GMT, duration 30min.
- 12 Nov A novel and interesting way to get a different understanding of customers that can really help us to design person centred services.
- 19 Nov Engaging with decision-makers so that, together, we can begin co-design.
- 26 Nov Measuring what matters, and using measures to change the focus of leaders and staff.
- 3 Dec What actually is complexity, and how to we design with it?
This is about sharing and learning about progressive ways of working, that bolsters the way that we want to work, that helps us to design better workplaces and organisations. We are all doing this, and yet, it is difficult to really learn from each other, unless we harness the power of virtual learning. This is about transcending the theory and detailed discussions, and focusing on real practice and what it can teach us.
We will use principles of design thinking, systems thinking, and concepts of progressive change and behaviour. We will look at frameworks and methods.
If you send me an email with the title Drop-in, I will let you know of upcoming sessions, and let you know when one might be cancelled for some reason.
Simply use the same zoom invite for each session, and join in.
Topic: Better designing & working drop-in
Time: Fridays, 9am & repeated 4pm GMT
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5563036960?pwd=S3JxSjNJSXZZM3hVNk5janMrbE5PZz09
Meeting ID: 556 303 6960
Passcode: dropin
Webinars that describe different aspects of service design using systems thinking
Every few weeks we have been putting on one hour webinars that describe a real public sector case study.
I decided to do this because I saw that there was a great interest in systems thinking, and everywhere I looked there were accounts of the systems theory or thinking methods. That is fine, but we also need to help each other learn how to do it in reality. It is not enough to think, we need to do...
It goes through the
I decided to do this because I saw that there was a great interest in systems thinking, and everywhere I looked there were accounts of the systems theory or thinking methods. That is fine, but we also need to help each other learn how to do it in reality. It is not enough to think, we need to do...
It goes through the
- design,
- approach,
- how staff and the managers work together within teams,
- work with the managers,
- leadership of the intervention,
- the journey,
- and the outcomes,
- the impact on staff, and how they are able to embrace this way of change, and bring their whole selves to work.
Public sector systemic service design; a real example #1
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10 June, 2021
Environment Health Service, UK. If you believe that this is relevant to you and your group, and you would like to me to do something similar for a group, then please get in touch. |
Public sector systemic service design; a real example #2
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18 June, 2021
Housing allocations, UK. |
The feedback from those watching gives an indication of the value of the webinars
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You explained really well the activities you did and how you gained the specific insights - I loved the visuals of the whiteboards and post-it activities as well - it shows how this work is really done - it should be hands-on and visual etc.
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You explained really well the activities you did and how you gained the specific insights - I loved the visuals of the whiteboards and post-it activities as well - it shows how this work is really done - it should be hands-on and visual etc.
- This is such a great approach! If only service managers did this!
- This is so good. Such interesting insight and love the collection of numbers and rates through discovery!
- Great Project and Interesting aspects! I’d get in contact, have to leave now. Thank you so much!
- Thanks for a really inspiring session.
- It was a really awesome case John. Congrats
- Sorry I've got to jump out - What a fantastic case study - work to be proud of. Definitely what I'd like to be part of!
- Thanks for a really interesting - would love to join future session on similar topics
- This was a wonderful and illuminating presentation.... these ideas are key to real, transformational citizen centric services across the public sector
- Thank you for your time and great insights.
- great session thank you John, it's all about educating in a different way of working... that works!
- Your answer is bringing me joy John thank you
- This was beyond inspiring! thank John and everyone else for your amazing questions. I could listen to this for hours but I have to drop out.
- Hey John, thank you for the great presentation
- John this really was a wonderful presentation
- It’s after midnight here so need to go but I learnt a lot from this. Thanks
- Thank you John for your time. Had a great time, looking at the insights and the process. Hope to connect later.
- This is wonderfully inspiring
- Oh wow, people just need a chance to improve and a heart to give them trust they can do it! It was empowerment that made the difference!
- This is all fantastic. Says a lot about the power of empathy and kindness to redefine relationships and inspire change
- The interesting thing is that you managed to turn a regulator into a service provider.
- Examples are great. They make it real.
- This was amazing, thank you!
- Thanks for an interesting presentation!
- Thank you really interesting
- Thank you for a great and very interesting presentation
- Amazingly inspiring! Thanks!
- Thank you sooo much!
- Thank you very much, John! Very inspiring
- Thank you! amazing experiences
- Great presentation, very thought provoking. Have a great weekend.
- Thank you!
- Thats was great, gives a practical explanation to something quite abstract
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If you wish to learn more about this approach, you might be interested in a one day workshop, that will go through some of the key concepts and methods described here.
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