A place for NSW Government digital creators to collaborate, share and learn.
The HCD community of practice is a space for NSW government HCD practitioners, innovation teams & service designers to listen, learn and network.
NSW Public Sector employees who can use our membership form to join our HCD community. Or you can email the NSW Gov HCD meetup organising group at hcd@comprac.nsw.gov.au.
Next event details: Human Centred Design meet-up - #6 by JamesFehon on 19 November 2021
The May 2020 HCD meetup is on tomorrow morning, 2020-05-14T23:30:00Z.
Send me a message if you missed out on registering!
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Our fourth human-centred design practitioners’ meetup for 2020 will be held on 2020-07-10T02:30:00Z → 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z.
This event is for HCD practitioners, innovation teams & service designers across the NSW government agencies to listen, learn and network.
Get in touch if you’d like to attend
We have three presentations from Department of Primary Industries, digital.nsw team and Department of Education (with TACSI) to share their insights from
The session will conclude with community announcements, Q&A on the presented topics, and the latest news around human-centred design in government agencies.
Date: Friday 10 July 2020
Time: 12:30 pm to 2:00 pm
Location: Online via Microsoft Teams (We’ll send details on how to join the remote session a day prior to the event.)
Our sixth human-centred design practitioners’ meetup for 2020 will be held on 2020-10-23T01:30:00Z → 2020-10-23T03:00:00Z.
This event is for HCD practitioners, innovation teams & service designers across the NSW government agencies to listen, learn and network.
Register to attend via Humanitix (NSW Government only)
We have two sessions planned with presenters from the National Disability Data Asset project team and NSW Health Pathology
Using HCD to develop a prototype digital platform for the National Disability Data Asset. (Jennifer Quincey, ​Associate Director and Cara Nolan , Senior Data and Insights Analyst)
Working across small and large circles: frameworks and provocations for co-design, design leadership and design justice. (Kelly Ann McKercher, State Design lead, NSW Health Pathology)
The session will conclude with community announcements, Q&A on the presented topics, and the latest news around human-centred design in government agencies.
Date: Friday 23 October 2020
Time: 12:30 pm to 2:00 pm
Location: Online via Microsoft Teams (We’ll send details on how to join the remote session a day prior to the event.)
Our next human-centred design practitioners’ meetup will be held on 2021-06-03T23:00:00Z → 2021-06-04T00:00:00Z.
This event is for HCD practitioners, innovation teams & service designers across the NSW government agencies to listen, learn and network.
Register to attend via Humanitix (NSW Government only)
Topic: Human Centred Design in Public Sector Practice; an action research approach
Rodger Watson, will share the latest thinking from his research on public sector innovation and the role of HCD in Public Sector Practice, and share a live case study from The Netherlands where the nexus of Human Centred Design and Public Sector Practice is at the centre of the government’s response to the Nitrogen Crisis.
Rodger is co-author of Designing for the common good and Course Director of the Creative Intelligence and Strategic Innovation suite at the University of Technology Sydney, TD School.
We’ll also run through other community announcements.
Date: Friday 4 June 2021
Time: 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM
Location: Online via Microsoft Teams (We’ll send details on how to join the remote session a day prior to the event.)
Our next human-centred design practitioners’ meetup will be held on 2021-11-18T23:00:00Z → 2021-11-19T00:00:00Z.
This event is for HCD practitioners, innovation teams & service designers across the NSW government agencies to listen, learn and network.
Subscribe to join the HCD community of practice mailing list for the meeting invite.
Topic: Human Centred Design in Public Sector Practice; an action research approach
Topics and Bios
Topic: NSW Farm Developments MVP
Adrian from DPI will be showcasing The NSW Farm Developments MVP that enables intensive agriculture farmers to understand and comply with planning development requirements. The solution will support business profitability and new investment in regional NSW by creating a more seamless and equitable end to end process for the land users, community, and council.
Topic: Accelerator 2.0
The Transport Digital Accelerator will be showcasing a snapshot of the versatility and infectious power of HCD with the evolution of its co-design impact across the innovation quarter, cross government initiatives, and future transport mobility strategies.
We’ll also run through other community announcements.
Date: Friday 19 November 2021
Time: 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Location: Online via Microsoft Teams (We’ll send details on how to join the remote session to the HCD members list a day prior to the event.)