Sometimes the best learning takes place when a group builds skills together. We can help you build capacity within a team, or partner with you to ensure a project takes an authentically participatory approach to developing policies or services.
Along the way, you'll receive personalised guidance from an experienced co-design practitioner and educator.
If you’re looking for support as an individual, check out our options for individual mentoring and coaching.
What you gain
Practical solutions: get expert guidance on scoping and framing a project, developing engagement activities, and adapting co-design approaches to specific contexts
Organisational development: learn how to embed co-design in organisations, manage resistance and barriers, and build organisational capacity
Project support: get expert real-time project guidance, including problem-solving specific challenges, adapting to changing circumstances, and managing stakeholder expectations
Participatory skills: learn workshop design and facilitation techniques, and have your existing workshop and engagement plans and materials reviewed
Enhanced capability: build technical skills and methodological rigour, develop evaluation frameworks, and refine documentation and synthesis methods
How we work together
We can play the role of coach, mentor, supervisor or advisor. Whatever you call it, this kind of team or project learning partnership has some common characteristics:
We begin with a conversation to understand your goals and requirements, then design an engagement to support your project or team.
A typical engagement is a series of 90 minute online sessions, supplemented with email follow-up and curated resource recommendations.
You schedule sessions via our online booking system, at a time and frequency that suits you.
Our first session explores your objectives and preferences more deeply, determines our role and approach, and establishes a working relationship and shared expectations.
At the start of every conversation, we ask some ‘contracting’ questions designed to right-size the issue or topic you’re bringing and understand what you need from the session.
Towards the end of each session, you’re encouraged to reflect on what was useful from what we covered, and supported to identify concrete next steps, where relevant.
We'll also review your workshop plans and materials, with constructive feedback to build clarity and confidence in your approach.
Our journey together
Initial connection: a free scoping conversation to understand your needs, determine format, timing and frequency, and agree on focus areas and goals.
Getting started: your first session establishes priorities and expectations, reviews current practice and challenges, and identifies specific areas for development.
Regular sessions: a flexible mix of mentoring, advising and coaching, with practical support for current projects, tailored resource recommendations, and space for reflection and learning.
Between sessions: implementation of strategies discussed, access to resources and tools, optional documentation and notes shared, and email support as needed.
Ongoing growth: regular check-ins on progress, adjustment of focus areas as needed, building capability and confidence, and connection to broader networks and resources.
Get started
Contact us to explore project mentoring or team coaching options that meet your needs.
Sessions are available online, or in person in Melbourne.
Co-design coaching works best if you already have a foundational understanding and some experience in the field. If you’re new to design and innovation, you may benefit from beginning with training.