HCD project kickstarter

The HCD Project Kickstarter is a bespoke one or multi-day session designed to help teams launch a real project or project phase using human-centred design (HCD) principles. The session gives you the opportunity to tap into a practitioner with 30+ years of lived experience.

These sessions combine strategy, planning, and hands-on tools to set your team up for success from day one. You’ll align around the problem, identify key audiences and stakeholders, and build a clear roadmap for your HCD project.

What You’ll Do

• Frame the problem space and clarify your project’s purpose
• Identify key users, stakeholders, and assumptions
• Plan early-stage research and engagement activities
• Prioritise questions to explore and outcomes to aim for

Key Activities

• Stakeholder and user mapping
• Assumption surfacing and framing
• Project scoping
• Planning and sizing discovery activities
• Team alignment on roles, next steps, and project rhythms

Who It’s For

Perfect for cross-functional teams at the start of a new initiative — including service designers, product managers, project leads, policy teams, and innovation units looking to build momentum with a shared human-centred approach.

Format

1 day or multi-day, in-person or virtual

Your team will leave with a clear and practical HCD project plan, alignment around your shared goals, and the confidence to move forward with purpose.