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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


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


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


Watch the October Authentic Co-design Webinar!
Thanks to those who attended and threw in great questions, ideas and examples. If you couldn't make it to the Authentic Co-design Webinar...

Anthony Boxshall
Oct 22, 20211 min read


Reflections on the National Women’s Safety Summit: Co-design can make a difference
Here at Authentic Co-design we often look around at issues in the news and what is being discussed in Governments and corporations. In...

Anthony Boxshall
Sep 16, 20212 min read


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

Max Hardy
Aug 18, 20213 min read


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

Anthony Boxshall
Jul 26, 20213 min read


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

Max Hardy
Jun 15, 20212 min read


People get ready, there’s a train a-coming’ …
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)....

Max Hardy
May 4, 20213 min read


Question #1: Is there a "feedback" loop within the 6 steps to revisit areas you want to co-design?
In February, co-founders @Max Hardy and @Anthony Boxshall joined @Lisa Attygalle of the Tamarack Institute for a webinar on The Power of...

Anthony Boxshall
Mar 29, 20213 min read


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

Max Hardy
Mar 16, 20212 min read


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

Susan Carter
Feb 24, 20211 min read


Co-design can build trust in the roll-out of COVID Vaccines
Back in August 2020 in the middle of the 110+ days lockdown in Melbourne, Australia I blogged about a practical application of authentic...

Anthony Boxshall
Feb 19, 20214 min read


6 Steps to Authentic Co-design with stakeholders.
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...

Susan Carter
Feb 4, 20213 min read


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

Anthony Boxshall
Nov 18, 20205 min read


It’s time to do stakeholder mapping differently!
I’d like to offer another suggestion for improving the way we plan community engagement processes; stakeholder mapping.

Max Hardy
Oct 28, 20203 min read


Why having a “stickable mandate” is crucial for most things, especially for co-design projects...
A stickable mandate outlasts the original decision-makers...

Anthony Boxshall
Oct 9, 20203 min read


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

Max Hardy
Oct 1, 20204 min read


Q&A - Your questions answered: Is co-design suited to all projects?
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...

Anthony Boxshall
Sep 16, 20202 min read


Practical Co-design: the path to uptake of a COVID vaccine
the science shows that for any vaccine to work, there needs to be a high % uptake across the community.

Anthony Boxshall
Aug 27, 20203 min read
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