Leon Cruickshank is a Professor of Design and Creative Exchange and a founding member of ImagintionLancaster at Lancaster University. His research focuses on the development of open and co-design processes in the private, public and voluntary sectors. He has led or participated in over £45 million pounds worth of research on engagement, co-design and co-production. He has consulted for the UN on innovation in the public sector with a focus on open design thinking. Books include ‘Open Innovation, Facilitating Creativity in Everyone’, and his latest co-edited book ‘Flourish By Design’ published by Routledge

The Event
We will be focusing on the ‘how’ of co-design, what determines if co-production projects are successful when you strip away the fancy stationary, post its and other paraphernalia (or designerly frou-frou). This interactive session will be introducing approaches to co-design that will help you undertake your own co-production with more confidence and a greater likelihood of success. With these fundamentals in place the session will also introduce a range of free resources to help you transform your co-production plan into a successful reality.

We will be working together on co-design challenges we can provide some stimulating examples to get things going but please do bring a co-design challenges or possible project with you if you have one to hand.