What we're thinking

Service Design – a user needs focus to designing and implementing government policy

February 6, 2011 - By Raffaella Recupero

Government services are unique because they deliver economic, social, revenue, law and order and security outcomes for the nation. Compare this to commercial services, which are designed to satisfy the needs and wants of the consumer, and you may believe...
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User pathways and persona development for service design

- By Nina Terrey

“People’s interactions with products can be better supported by thinking more holistically about their activities and processes rather than focusing on designing the thing as an isolated object ” – Jane Fulton Suri We talk about interactions and experience that people...
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What is design thinking and why is it different?

- By John Body

Design thinking provides an alternative approach for working through challenges faced by organisations.  The design thinking approach is generally faster and results in more innovative ideas than thinking approaches drawn from management disciplines.  Design thinking can be applied to any...
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Public sector innovation or re-imagining what could be!

January 25, 2011 - By Jim Scully

Aotearoa, rugged individual. Glisten like a pearl. At the bottom of the world.
The tyranny of distance. Didn’t stop the cavalier. So why should it stop me.
I’ll conquer and stay free.
- Split Enz. Six Months...
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