We turn social safety nets into trampolines. How? By providing grounded intelligence, inviting community into R&D, and spreading the conditions for disruption.
An unorthodox research initiative called Auricle is returning to Edmonton this year to learn more about how safe and well people feel in transit centres.
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We've gestated a book! - mailchi.mp/inwithforward/boo… The Trampoline Effect is out Oct 27, and can be pre-ordered now on Amazon, Barnes & Noble and IndieBound. Read our latest newsletter to see why this book is especially relevant now! #socinn#design
Love engaging community members in surprising and delightful ways? Are you a quirky creative that gets jazzed by creating social media posts that go viral? Love making content like videos that create impact?
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Do you have a background in positive psychology, working with diverse groups, and coaching to build motivation for change? Are you adept at shifting people out of their comfort zones? Are you able to make theory… instagram.com/p/CECVqInhned/…
HuH team works with Mo & Fadiya to plan a "Rituals of Ramadan" tour, to share their culture with other Canadians. "They were very open and thoughtful to answer all the questions and super excited to change people's… instagram.com/p/B9CKcHcguKm/…
Great storytelling approach to provoke important conversations about community change and identity in Newnan, GA
How 17 Outsize Portraits Rattled a Small Southern Town nyti.ms/2uV5FjZ
2/2 "...sexual orientation, and other aspects of identity. Inequality is everywhere, and unignorable. We've diagnosed the disease. Why can't we agree on a cure?" (Rothman, 2020, The New Yorker)
#Equality#equity#bigquestion#Reading
"The complexities of egalitarianism are especially frustrating because inequalities are so easy to grasp...Today, there are 'premiere' lines for popcorn at the movies and five tiers of uber; we still struggle to address obvious inequalities of all kinds based on race, gender..."
“Hope is ...an orientation of the spirit and orientation of the heart...
It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.”
Thanks Vaclav Havel
This month we share how social science research shapes our prototypes, our iterations in research methods and touchpoints to generate more agency for participants, and the kind of feedback we get. Read Closing the Loop - mailchi.mp/inwithforward/clo…