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    Organisational culture: Three ways to really set the tone from the top

    November 27, 2018 In Organisation design By Iain Barker Comments (0)

    Having spent the best part of the last year peering from behind the sofa at the outpouring of cultural and customer ugliness revealed by the Hayne Royal Commission, the past week has seen some cause for optimism for those that care about organisational culture and customer outcomes.

    Purpose should drive culture

    November 23, 2018 In Organisation design By Iain Barker Comments (0)

    Most organisations have a well-intentioned purpose or mission that is their foundation stone. The purpose defines their reason for being – this is why we established our business, this is what we set out to achieve, it is what we collectively strive for. The purpose is aspirational and...

    Purpose should drive culture

    Celebrating Fortitude Valley Housing Service Centre's win at the Queensland Premier's Awards for Excellence

    November 20, 2018 In Capability Building, Customer experience, human-centred design By Iain Barker Comments (0)

    Great to see our work with the Queensland Department of Housing and Public Works to co-design the Fortitude Valley Housing Service Centre win the "customer focus" category of the Queensland Government's 2018 Premier's Awards for Excellence overnight.

    Celebrating Fortitude Valley Housing Service Centre's win at the Queensland Premier's Awards for Excellence

    Horses, Trojan horses and organisational culture

    September 21, 2018 In Capability Building, Organisation design, human-centred design By Iain Barker Comments (0)

    Animal metaphors are common in business circles. The other day Karina and I were discussing the type of work we do around organisational culture. We spend an increasingly large amount of time talking about tigers, elephants, Trojan horses and the impact these ‘Trojan horse’ projects really have on...

    Horses, Trojan horses and organisational culture

    Meld Design Salon: Making Transport Human-Centred

    September 18, 2018 In Events, human-centred design By Iain Barker Comments (0)

    Meld Design Salon: Making Transport Human-Centred

    Talking at Intersection in Prague

    September 11, 2018 In Capability Building, human-centred design By Iain Barker Comments (0)

    Karina and I were delighted to share our experiences and thoughts around human-centred organisational transformation at the Intersection conference in Prague last week. The conference brought together executives, architects, designers, change managers and others with a shared interest in helping...

    Talking at Intersection in Prague

    Designing human-centred organisational culture

    September 06, 2018 In Capability Building, human-centred organisations, organisational design, Organisation design, human-centred design, organisational culture By Iain Barker Comments (0)

    I have just published an article over at Medium based on the talk I gave at this year's UX Australia. The article captures my reflections on the role human-centred designers should be playing to help organisations become better versions of themselves.

    Designing human-centred organisational culture

    Human-centred organisations, organisational culture and customer experience

    September 02, 2018 In Organisation design, Design By Iain Barker Comments (0)

    Iain spoke about the inter-relationship between organisational culture and customer experience at this year's UX Australia – and was interviewed about his talk and general experiences within the UX community...

    Human-centred organisations, organisational culture and customer experience

    Service design workshops (Canberra)

    August 20, 2018 In Capability Building By Iain Barker Comments (0)

    We are delighted to announce that we'll be running our popular service design workshop series again in Canberra on 29th to 31st October. Please join us for one or all three days of theory, practice and fun around service design:

    Service design workshops (Canberra)

    Leading human-centred design for organisational transformation workshop

    June 16, 2018 In Capability Building By Iain Barker Comments (0)

    Building on last month's webinar on transforming organisations with design, we will be running a new one-day workshop on 'Leading human-centred design for organisational transformation' in Canberra and Sydney in July.

    Leading human-centred design for organisational transformation workshop
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