Need a lathe or a laser cutter? Come to Bloqs – Britain’s biggest open-access factory theguardian.com/artanddesign/2… via Ben Haber The new civic infrastructure is on its way...

🧵 This morning I was accessing a local Council service, full of vulnerable people, that was hijacked by a commissioner looking for “user-centred feedback” ahead of a new round of procurement and contracting. It unfolded in a way that was profoundly depressing … 1/n

There's some great tools an examples here for doing public sector design differently, thanks @MikiTalbot

"There is NOTHING developed or advanced about overshooting planetary boundaries" - love this challenge to some of our deepest, embedded assumptions about what progress is. The power of visualising these ideas cannot be overstated 🖼️ Kate Raworth CIVIC SQUARE Doughnut Economics Action Lab (DEAL)

I recently interviewed for a management job deeper inside government - partly to get back in the habit of going through the process. The only slot offered was on a Monday morning at 9 a.m. 🧵

What is your problem? digital.nhs.uk/blog/design-ma…

How to use full stack service design model by Sarah Drummond Sarah Drummond link.medium.com/hoUxNHLhKnb

In addition to a donation to the UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency to provide immediate help to people fleeing their homeland, until the end of March, we will match all donations made through the following link, split evenly among IRC - International Rescue Committee, ICRC & Save the Children International 👉 zurichfoundation.benevity.org/community/fund…

Buckle up. Come on a tour of London with a difference and find out how Putin's oligarchs hide and spend their money in the capital. Money-laundering expert Oliver Bullough is your guide. 💰

Donate to Choose Love Ukraine appeal - We are reaching out to existing partners in the region, to get urgent support to the organisations stepping up to help to those who desperately need it at this time. donate.chooselove.org/campaigns/ukra…

These 3 have a wealth of knowledge & experience of starting and growing communities, and are excellent facilitators and learning designers. Do not miss out if you’re looking for training on community building 👇🏻

The Early Learning Communities (ELC) programme led by Save the Children UK & Collaborate is demonstrating innovative & effective methods of system change. System leaders in health & care can learn from the ELC & adapt these approaches to their own context: collaboratecic.com/what-does-it-t…

Calling all those eager to add peer-led methods to their toolkit 📣 You have just 1 week left to join our training immersion, Huddlecraft 101 - sign up by 9/05 Here's what Jo Sayers Charlotte Bailey and @zoe_cumberland had to say about the last one 👀 enrolyourself.com/huddlecraft-101

We cannot build communities (including leadership communities in systems) faster than the speed of trust: 1) Transformation happens at the speed of relationships 2)Trust builds a stable core 3) Trusted relationships are a huge source of energy: medium.com/together-insti… By Fabian Pfortmüller

Don't start your next meeting without selecting one of these 8 tactics: (From Liz Wiseman’s book Multipliers)

How can we fairly reward citizen participants in a #codesign team addressing poverty without disrupting their benefit entitlement? To the value of £500 over 8 weeks. Ideas??

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I funded Get Iacob a Flat Chest This Xmas gofund.me/1b8190ec

Kiva is an easy way to make a real difference in someone's life. Will you join me in helping Marema's Group in Senegal to pursue their dream? kiva.org/invitedby/laur… via kiva.org

Do I know anyone looking for a design / research job for social good? DM me for an intro or to find out more :) careers.tpximpact.com/vacancies/vaca…