Talking with people is fun

We’ve been building civil servant’s capacity to meet & hang out with people. We’re finding it harder to build organisational capacity to support & use what we learn.

Where do ideas to (re)solve social problems come from?

Visits with design schools, social innovation orgs, and interesting people in Austin, Chicago, Boston, Toronto, Montreal, New York City, San Francisco, Oakland and Canberra has sparked all sorts of (disordered) thoughts. Read our first reflections on the differences between social problem solving in the US, Canada, and Australia – and what we’re inspired by…

What I learned this week

This week, we climbed out of our studio, out of our meetings, out of our cars, and out of our contexts. We had lunches, dinners and coffees with families. Just being with people is always transformational. And it’s been no exception this time around.

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