This document discusses the process of co-designing products and services across cultural boundaries. It describes co-design as having phases of discovery, understanding, creating, and implementing solutions through collaboration with end users. Various methods are presented for each phase, such as focus groups, prototyping, and testing concepts in pilot programs. Cultural factors that must be considered in co-design are also outlined. The document argues that co-design is an iterative process that requires flexibility and input from local communities at all stages.
3. OUTCOMES
• New knowledge
• New service models
• System strengthening
strategies
• Product, space innovation
• Behaviour change
initiatives
• Campaigning, advocacy
• Capacity building and
organisational change
10. EXAMPLE METHODS
Focus Groups
Contextual Interviews
Group Exercises (journey mapping, card sorting etc)
Ideation Cards
Concept Test (e.g. roleplay)
Prototyping
Piloting
Etc
11. CULTURAL DIFFERENCES
Language & dialect
Level of education / literacy
Religious beliefs
Gender, age and marital status
Customs and etiquette
Legal and moral views
Arts and music
Food and drink
Men need to
give permission
Age =
status
Homosexuality
is illegal and
immoral
An unmarried
woman shouldn’t
hear certain things
Work is
strictly
hierarchical
Free to talk about anything,
openly and honestly
19. TACTICS
Pictorial instruments
Local ’guide’ (e.g. community healthcare worker)
Continual iteration of tools
Observations over descriptions
Local materials, familiarity
Careful team selection – who should run and attend sessions
What we offer in return – polaroids, food etc
25. LESSONS IN THE DISCOVER PHASE
The first set of instruments is only a starting point
Translations and transcripts take time
Cultural immersion and mapping
Right place, right time – go with the flow!
32. LESSONS IN THE UNDERSTAND PHASE
The value of thorough data analysis and synthesis
Bringing in the voice of the end user
Guiding the process of ideation
Clarity of ’what next?’
41. LESSONS IN THE CREATE PHASE
Be ready to abandon your favourite idea
Bring implementers in from the start
Look for local production opportunities
Consider wider impact on the community