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Our three day live course has undergone a name change, and it’s not just for show. With 5 years under it’s belt, Designing for People has evolved and adapted to the ever-changing environment of the community, design and business...

We recently published an article on facilitating introverts. It wouldn't be fair to exclude our more outward colleagues, so here is a post about extroverts. 

Key points

• Agree on a signal or mechanism to bring activity to a close and focus...

Key points

• Introverts want to learn and add value as much as extroverts, they just have a different way of showing it
• Build a container of psychological safety prior to and during your workshops
• Include solo exercises and mindful reflection
• Make...

It was Sunday night and time for some Netflix. There was a new show in our feed called ‘Tidying Up with Marie Kondo’. Ooh this looks interesting. We selected it. 

There on the screen was a living doll, dressed in white -...

Productivity. It’s everywhere. Just ask someone how they are. “Busy” is usually the first word to leave their lips. 

Or check your favourite App store. Thousands and thousands of productivity tools and systems and re-skinned...

Hi I’m Ben and am one of the people delivering our new course, Human-Centred Facilitation this November. Today I want to focus on the ‘centred’ part of human-centred facilitation. More specifically, why...

Perhaps it's not terribly sexy, but one of the things that makes a really great designer is decision-making. A series of good decisions throughout the design process make the difference between something half-baked, and something game-changing.

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In the last year, I’ve learnt to dance. I have never danced before, so everything is new to me. I wasn’t expecting it, but there are many parallels between dance and design. I’ve learnt a lot about mindset, transformation,...

We live in an era where our largest companies are struggling for relevance.  

There are plenty of services that are simply not satisfying the consumer, nor supporting the business to stay relevant in the long term. Things like capped...