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Co-creation
Shaping ideas together with the people a decision affects.
What is Co-creation?
Shaping ideas together with the people a decision affects.
What you learn
Invite people to shape the parts of a decision that are open.
When it helps
the people affected know things you don’t, and parts of the decision are still open.
Use it at work
- Write which parts of the decision are open and which are fixed.
- Invite the people affected, and tell them both.
- Give them real choices on the open parts.
- Show them what changed because of their input.
Your output
Before you invite people in, write which parts of the decision are open and which are fixed. Tell them both.
Watch for
Asking people to react after the decision is made, or to weigh in on what is fixed.
Related practices
- Inclusive Participation
- Ideation
- Service Blueprinting
- Participant Recruitment
- Informed Consent
- Working Agreements
Sources
- Design Kit: Methods
- Framework for Innovation
- Co-creation and the new landscapes of design
- A Ladder of Citizen Participation
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