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Designing Together
by Bo Kelestyn and Jess Humphreys
Designing Together is a podcast for educators and changemakers exploring how design thinking and co-creation can transform higher education. Each episode shares practical challenges, actionable insights, and ways to apply design-led innovation to your everyday work—from teaching and student experience to rethinking services and systems. Join us to spark ideas and create meaningful change, together.
Episodes
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Closing the Designing Together Challenge
Thank you for joining us! This final episode is about reflecting on the Challenge, sharing your feedback and thinking about your next steps. The Challenge will be here for you to come back to whenever you or your community may need it. Head to the Designing Together website to download the decks,...
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The Challenge: Day 10
It's Day 10! You did it! In this final episode, we explore space. How people feel in a space shapes confidence, participation, and creativity. And the same space can feel welcoming to one person and intimidating to another. As you are journeying through the cards, and maybe starting to think…
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The Challenge: Day 9
Welcome back to the penultimate Day of the Challenge! Today, we are looking at the balance between WHY and HOW. When we focus only on how, the work becomes mechanical, process without purpose. When we live only in why, the vision stays inspiring but nothing moves. Designing together asks for…
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The Challenge: Day 8
Welcome to Day 8! We are getting so close to completing the Challenge now. Well done! Today, we are working through that feeling of uncertainty, being stretched, and the discomfort of not knowing the answers when designing together. Inspired by the Design Squiggle by Damien Newman, the invitation...
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The Challenge: Day 7
Welcome back to Day 7! Today, language matters! The words we use when we design together shape how people feel, who feels included, and what kind of work becomes possible. The invitation is to notice one word or phrase you regularly use when designing, teaching, or collaborating. Then work with…
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The Challenge: Day 6
Welcome back to Day 6 where we are looking at openness to new ideas. When we leave our ego at the door; when we listen and lead with humility; when we take good care of how we give and receive feedback. The invitation is to work with the following prompt: " When was the last time you defended an...
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The Challenge: Day 5
We are halfway through the Challenge! Welcome back to Day 5 where we are looking at the pressure to be perfect. Design thinking doesn't demand perfection; it just asks us to start. The invitation in this episode is to reframe our imperfect first steps and simply start where we are. Take a few…
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The Challenge: Day 4
Welcome back to Day 4! Today, we are looking at the ABC of design thinking: Always Be Capturing. Design thinking depends on what we notice before we know what will matter. What we choose to write down becomes future design material, but it also signals respect to those who generously share their...
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The Challenge: Day 3
Welcome back to Day 3! We are looking at making time for designing together and deeper work, exploring timeboxing as a technique. The invitation is to timebox and work with a Designing Together card, and then reflect on a prompt: "What became possible because we made time for this?" Once you had…
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The Challenge: Day 2
Day 2 is challenging our understanding of expertise v experience. When designing together, your expertise is your experience, not your job title or seniority. The invitation is to reflect on the prompt: " What would change if you walked into your next meeting or next project, or your next design...
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The Challenge: Day 1
Welcome to the Designing Together Challenge! Day 1 is challenging you to reflect on why you do what you do. Asking 'why' is a key part of the design thinking process and shows up in the Designing Together decks more than once. The invitation is to work with the prompt: “We design together...
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Getting started: a mindful pause
This short meditation, led by Bo, is intended as a mindful pause when getting started with the Designing Together cards.
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Introducing the Designing Together Challenge
Welcome to the Designing Together podcast! This first episode of the show is an invitation from Bo & Jess, the creators of the Designing Together cards, to join an exciting 10-day Designing Together Challenge, starting 21st Jan 2026.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Designing Together is a podcast for educators and changemakers exploring how design thinking and co-creation can transform higher education. Each episode shares practical challenges, actionable insights, and ways to apply design-led innovation to your everyday work—from teaching and student experience to rethinking services and systems. Join us to spark ideas and create meaningful change, together.
HOSTED BY
Bo Kelestyn and Jess Humphreys
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Designing Together is a podcast for educators and changemakers exploring how design thinking and co-creation can transform higher education. Each episode shares practical challenges, actionable insights, and ways to apply design-led innovation to your everyday work—from teaching and student...
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Designing Together is created and hosted by Bo Kelestyn and Jess Humphreys.
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