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Design Infused Organisations
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Lessons learnt in applying service design to enterprise software
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DDC - Saying hello
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Cape Town
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Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Our first live event.

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From good to GREAT
Wed, Nov 04
online event
Nov 04, 2020, 7:00 PM
online event
We often talk about moving from good design to great design - we’re going to dig a little deeper into areas of the UX Spectrum to illustrate what good and what great looks like.

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Back yourself
Wed, Oct 28
online event
Oct 28, 2020, 7:00 PM
online event
Our industry is constantly evolving. The only way to keep up is to carry on learning and creating.

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Design Center of Excellence
Wed, Oct 21
Online event
Oct 21, 2020, 7:00 PM
Online event
In more mature and complex organisations, and especially in a design lead business, we see (and expect, and need) to enter an evolved state of design where a Center of Excellence begins to form (purposefully or not!) where integrated roles become specialist roles.

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Kickstart your Service Design career
Wed, Oct 14
Online event
Oct 14, 2020, 7:00 PM
Online event
Opportunities for service designers are on the increase. That doesn't mean it's easy to land a job as a service designer. We take a look at three ways to kickstart your career as a service designer even if you don't have any formal training or experience in this field.

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Designing business for collaboration
Wed, Oct 07
Online event
Oct 07, 2020, 7:00 PM
Online event
If great design is about adopting a human-centered, collaborative and iterative process - we need to encourage and educate the businesses we find ourselves in, to move towards structures that foster this, for the greater good of the business achieving their goals.

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Great design
Wed, Sep 30
Online events
Sep 30, 2020, 7:00 PM – 7:15 PM
Online events
A short video on what great design is about - pushing boundaries. like they did in the past: the wheel, the bra, the show and the rear view mirror

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Design for business
Wed, Sep 23
Online
Sep 23, 2020, 7:00 PM
Online
It is time for a revolution in the business world, and it's up to us as designers to introduce it!

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Lean UX: making it real
Wed, Sep 16
Online event
Sep 16, 2020, 2:33 PM
Online event
As you implement Lean UX, consider the dimensions of culture, that product development processes will also change, and you’ll need to rethink the way you organize teams: Moving from limited roles to collaborative capabilities.

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Lean UX: an evolution in UX Design
Wed, Sep 09
Online event
Sep 09, 2020, 11:00 AM – 11:15 AM GMT+2
Online event
Lean UX is an evolution, not a revolution. As designers we need to evolve and stay relevant as the practice evolves. Culture and tradition will push back, yet the ultimate return on this investment will be more rewarding work and more successful businesses.

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6 tips to foster collaboration
Wed, Sep 02
Online
Sep 02, 2020, 7:00 PM
Online
All in all, creating an incredible user experience for users requires a tremendous amount of skills and hard work. When designers work together with other roles to accomplish projects, the positive outcomes are well worth it. Using the abilities from all roles in tandem provides a certain edge that

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Roles, responsibilities & collaboration
Wed, Aug 26
Online
Aug 26, 2020, 7:00 PM
Online
Collaboration is the key to great design - specialists skills should not be diluted but should come together to help transform mediocre design into GREAT design.

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Designing for healthcare service delivery
Wed, Aug 12
Online event
Aug 12, 2020, 7:00 PM
Online event
A case study on designing healthcare service delivery. A great example of service design in practice. A story told through lessons learnt that might challenge those design minds.

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A way to explain Service Design
Wed, Aug 05
online
Aug 05, 2020, 7:00 PM
online
Explaining service design can be challenging. Here is a way that might make it a lot easier.

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A Service Design discussion
Thu, Jul 30
Online event
Jul 30, 2020, 9:00 PM
Online event
General thoughts on Service Design.

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Co-create & Co-design
Mon, Jul 27
Online event - Presentation (pre-recorded)
Jul 27, 2020, 9:00 PM
Online event - Presentation (pre-recorded)
To truly create meaningful experiences, we should take a step back and think about the user experience as a whole, the totality of a human journey beyond the product and across all touch points, taking all user perspectives into account.

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The thing about design.
Mon, Jul 13
Pre-recorded video available online
Jul 13, 2020, 3:00 PM
Pre-recorded video available online
Whether you are a business wanting to build a team of designers, a recruiter looking for designers, or even in the business of training designers. It doesn’t matter. We ALL need to be singing from the same song sheet if this change is to be realised.

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The Design Revolution
Sun, Jul 12
Pre-recorded video available online
Jul 12, 2020, 3:00 PM
Pre-recorded video available online
We believe it's time for a design revolution, and we need you!

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We are Design Connectors
Sat, Jul 11
Pre-recorded video available online
Jul 11, 2020, 3:00 PM
Pre-recorded video available online
There is a new way emerging when it comes to how designers enter and move within today's workforce. We are adding something new to the design recruitment rulebook. A new wave. A revolution some would call it. We are DESIGN CONNECTORS.