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Why I’m launching a co-design community of practice

The big, bold new thing I’m doing in 2022 is launching a community of practice for people working to co-create compassionate systems. The Co-Design Community of Practice (CoDesignCo) is a new online network for changemakers interested in learning and sharing about creative and participatory ways to engage diverse people in…

Codesign

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Why I’m launching a co-design community of practice
Why I’m launching a co-design community of practice
Codesign

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Jun 3, 2022

Who gets to participate in design and democracy?

From “The politics in design and the design of politics” — Our practices and systems often privilege educated, literate extroverts, even when we call for marginalised people to participate in design processes. Around me there’s growing awareness of, and emphasis on, power-sensitive practice in social design, but we keep coming up against cultural and structural barriers. …

Design

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Who gets to participate in design and democracy?
Who gets to participate in design and democracy?
Design

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Aug 30, 2021

A crisis is not an excuse: community engagement, social licence, and digital contact tracing

Emma Blomkamp with Anna Brown [1] As Australia rode the first wave of the pandemic in April 2020, Prime Minister Scott Morrison dangled the new COVIDSafe app as a carrot to coax the public out of lockdown safely. …

Contact Tracing

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A crisis is not an excuse
A crisis is not an excuse
Contact Tracing

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Jan 20, 2021

Reflections on 2020 that aren’t all about the pandemic

Ngā mihi o te tau hou, happy new year! I can’t compete with Margaret and David’s review of 2020, or The Guardian readers who summed it up in one word (shit), but I have a few reflections to offer on what I noticed in looking back on the past 12…

Retrospective

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Reflections on 2020 that aren’t all about the pandemic
Reflections on 2020 that aren’t all about the pandemic
Retrospective

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Jun 11, 2020

Blending systems and design practice for social good

An ominous orange haze was clouding out the sun when I woke on the first of January in the South Island of New Zealand. Returning to Melbourne a few days later, my partner and I picked up face masks to protect ourselves from the toxic smoke invading the city, as…

Systems Thinking

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Blending systems and design practice for social good
Blending systems and design practice for social good
Systems Thinking

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Feb 27, 2020

Seeing self and learning from others in systems practice

One of the things I really loved about the Innovating Systems Thinking event held in Melbourne this month was how it shone light on the humans at the centre of this work. …

Systems Thinking

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Seeing self and learning from others in systems practice
Seeing self and learning from others in systems practice
Systems Thinking

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Jun 4, 2019

Designing and governing a great city

It’s pretty uncool to be interested in government, right? It’s easy to hate a lot of political leaders right now. Even talking about politics on social media is something I’ve been told to avoid. Not because it will get me into trouble. But because — according to my younger, cooler…

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Designing and governing a great city
Designing and governing a great city

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Jul 30, 2018

Sharing the principles of co-design

There’s lots of interest in co-design at the moment, coming from all sorts of different places. …

Codesign

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Sharing the principles of co-design
Sharing the principles of co-design
Codesign

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Jun 5, 2018

Policy by Design — reflections on the Auckland Symposium

There has never been a better time, full of opportunity for social innovation work, as right now in New Zealand. When leading social innovators from Aotearoa New Zealand (Gael Surgenor) and Australia (Ingrid Burkett) say this, it’s hard not to feel excited. When you get to spend two days with…

Design

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Policy by Design — reflections on the Auckland Symposium
Policy by Design — reflections on the Auckland Symposium
Design

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Published in The Policy Lab

·Mar 7, 2018

Is co-design a policy unicorn?

There has been a plethora of claims in recent years about what co-design can do and why we should be using it, especially in the public sector. Co-design, we are told, can help us to generate more innovative ideas, ensure policies and services match the needs of citizens, achieve economic…

Codesign

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Is co-design a policy unicorn?
Is co-design a policy unicorn?
Codesign

4 min read

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Emma Blomkamp

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Pragmatic idealist, working to co-create compassionate systems. emmablomkamp.com

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