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Common mis-conceptions about using Co-design
Try the Authentic Co-design Introduction Course at https://www.authenticcodesign.com/introcourse At Authentic Co-design we hear lots of...
Anthony Boxshall
6 days ago3 min read
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Six steps to get your complex project on track
If you’ve ever managed a complex project, you know the challenges. Multiple stakeholders, intricate technical or scientific details,...
Susan Carter
Feb 203 min read
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Battered Corporation Syndrome: A Barrier to Co-designing Solutions with Communities
Peter Sandman, the Risk Communications guru, coined the term "Battered Corporation Syndrome" in his article "Saying I'm Sorry",...
Max Hardy
Feb 102 min read
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How early is too early? How late is too late? Implications of Co-designing during Impact Assessment.
The challenge for engaging earlier, or doing authentic co-design, is reasonably well-known. It goes like this; an organisation will say...
Max Hardy
Jun 25, 20242 min read
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Can co-design be successfully deployed in Environmental Impact Assessment?
Tips for using co-design successfully in Environmental Impact Assessment.
Anthony Boxshall
Jun 12, 20242 min read
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Reflections on learning to co-design, authentically
Along with my colleagues, Susan Carter and Anthony Boxshall, we are delighted to be offering our first six-week bootcamp co-design...
Max Hardy
May 24, 20232 min read
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Navigating Co-design Challenges: How to coax know-it-alls into collaborating
Authentic Co-Design recently hosted a conversation on the challenges of co-design (you can watch it here) and we were thrilled, but not...
prue878
Apr 27, 20235 min read
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Catch up on the recent Webinar: Exploring the challenges of co-design.
At Authentic Co-design we hear lots of reasons NOT to do co-design. Last week we ran a free webinar with tips and tricks for surmounting...
Anthony Boxshall
Mar 30, 20232 min read
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Are your Co-design projects still waiting for the Green Light?
If you follow the work we do here at Authentic Co-design, you’ll know that one of the things we are passionate about is understanding and...
Max Hardy
Feb 20, 20232 min read
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Navigating Common Challenges in doing Co-design
At Authentic Co-design we hear lots of reasons NOT to do co-design. We know it can be scary and new. There are often challenges,...
Anthony Boxshall
Feb 15, 20233 min read
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Evaluation is Key: Reflecting on Authentic Co-Design in 2022
In our line of work, we are always preaching the value of looking back and reflecting on what went well and what went…not quite as well....
Anthony Boxshall
Dec 8, 20223 min read
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Ready, Steady, Co-design
“Where do we start?” This is one of the most common questions we hear from people in organisations thinking about co-design. Getting...
Susan Carter
Dec 2, 20222 min read
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User Experience vs Co-design for Health Care Industries: Twins, Lovers or Enemies?
Authentic co-design is a tool that works with an endless number of industries and builds on existing wisdom from lived experience rather...
Max Hardy
Oct 27, 20222 min read
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How Authentic Co-design can help Governments navigate the Energy transition
Our energy sources are transitioning at an accelerated rate from fossil fuels to renewable energy (like solar, wind, green hydrogen,...
Anthony Boxshall
Oct 13, 20223 min read
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How Authentic Co-design can help Governments rise to the challenge of delivering more social housing
Providing better social and affordable housing is a key issue for Governments across Australia right now but one that comes with its fair...
Max Hardy
Sep 15, 20222 min read
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Internal Mandate Matters – it needs to stick for co-design to happen
Before you even get to talking with communities or other participants about co-design, what happens inside your organisation is crucial....
Anthony Boxshall
Jul 28, 20224 min read
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Uke can do this! (Collaborate and Co-create)
In huge and different news, I would like to announce that I am recording an album! Well, it’s not my album, and it’s not just any album;...
Max Hardy
Jul 8, 20223 min read
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Co-designing Curriculum for Rural Surgeons
Max Hardy interviews Daniella Dougherty, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) Authentic Co-design (Susan Carter and I) had the...
Max Hardy
Jun 20, 20223 min read
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To Co-design or not to Co-design ….. solutions with communities?
There is so much being written about co-design, and talked about, and practiced. Sometimes the name is ‘taken in vain’ (to borrow a term...
Max Hardy
May 31, 20222 min read
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Scoping under the microscope
I’ve been wanting to blog about how we can better scope and define projects for quite some time, especially for authentic co-design. Now...
Max Hardy
Mar 16, 20224 min read
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