Co-Construction Defined

The Future of Unknowns Co-Construction Defined: Inspired by Victor’s perceptive call to action for designers to serve as co-facilitators, the Design Learning Network developed the Co-Construction Process. An inclusive and flexible approach that invites diverse sets of stakeholders to co-work, co-create, and co-innovate.  The goal is to anticipate the need for change in a responsive manner; requires all to openly investigate barriers and pro-actively address adversities prior costly consequences. Source: University of Lincoln, UK; Jobs in the Year 2050 Design Learning Challenge, 2014.  Co-Facilitation Guiding Questions  How might co-facilitators engage community leaders and members in the co-construction process? How might community members show evidence of what they are learning, thinking, and doing... as they co-work, co-create, and co-innovate?  How might community members demonstrate the capacity to flip negatives into positives? What assessment criteria, alongside feedback loops, would Victor have set to empower community members to know when they are solving the problem(s) they intended to tackle? Questions?  Contact Doris Wells-Papanek: doris@designlearning.us The Future of Unknowns Challenge is facilitated by Doris Wells-Papanek, the founder and director of the Design Learning Network.