Here at Authentic Co-design we often look around at issues in the news and what is being discussed in Governments and corporations. In...

After 20 years I can safely say that Strategic Questioning is the most powerful tool I have employed for helping organisations to become...

As our city (Melbourne, Australia) sits in our 5th lockdown (the 3rd of the short, sharp variety to help contract tracers nail the...

"This online workshop series, created by Max Hardy, Anthony Boxshall and Susan Carter is an opportunity for all of us to deepen our...

Thoughts about readiness to codesign Written by Max Hardy No doubt you’ve heard the song (I admit my favourite version is Eva Cassidy’s)....

In February, co-founders @Max Hardy and @Anthony Boxshall joined @Lisa Attygalle of the Tamarack Institute for a webinar on The Power of...

An opportunity for those committed to authentic co-design. It is worth thinking about it – the question, how do we learn? Have you ever...

The Authentic Co-design team was invited to present a webinar on The Power of Co-Design with Lisa Attygalle of the Tamarack Institute....

Back in August 2020 in the middle of the 110+ days lockdown in Melbourne, Australia I blogged about a practical application of authentic...

Most of us have faced a complex project at one time or another – one with multiple stakeholders with skin in the game, complex science or...

Following a question from a colleague recently, I’ve been musing over this topic. Can you use a co-design process to create new...

I’d like to offer another suggestion for improving the way we plan community engagement processes; stakeholder mapping.

A stickable mandate outlasts the original decision-makers...

Here are 4 common objections to committing to collaborative (co-design or deliberative) engagement processes.

Since releasing the Authentic Co-design Course in June 2020, people are doing the course and we've had a few questions asked about the...

the science shows that for any vaccine to work, there needs to be a high % uptake across the community.

COVID-19 has closed economies... Governments and businesses at all levels are looking at driving economic recovery. We are currently in...

Something we don’t discuss much is the importance of the ‘do no harm’ principle when engaging the community (especially relevant now with...

Often big projects can hit a snag due to the scientific or technical complexity involved in some of the content. The project might be a...

I’ve been consulting for 23 years, and I think I’ve settled on the consulting approach that works for me. When I say ‘approach’ what I...