Guide

A simple user centred design workshop

Here’s the low down on how to run a quick (45 – 60 mins) face to face workshop, introducing user centred design concepts to people new to it. It aims to keep the teaching to a minimum and very much…

Matching needs to tasks to tech capabilities

Something that I have found helps an awful lot is having a simple way to match identified user needs with the technology capabilities needed to meet them. It helps in two main ways: by encouraging people to consider the user…

Our framework for (digital) strategy

Pens, stickies and annotated briefing document

We are doing a fair bit of strategy work with councils at the moment, and have hit upon a framework for putting them together which seems to help keep strategies strategic, and thus make them more useful. I’m typing here…

Good decision making

Hands taking notes on wooden table

Decision making is a key part of our approach to good digital work. In this guide, I walk you through why it matters so much, what bad and good decsion making looks like, and suggest a simple model to use…