Engaging communities
Listening, framing, and creating conditions for meaningful participation.
Spaces for listening and co-creation
Curating spaces where people can articulate lived experience, surface perspectives that might otherwise be unsaid, and influence how services are built. This means designing different modes of listening, from community panels and workshops to street-level research.
At Dozens, this took several forms:
Engagement through education and imagination
Alongside my work in financial services, I’ve explored similar questions in cultural and educational contexts: how people are invited into complex subjects, how participation is shaped by the medium, and how collective understanding is formed. These projects predate my work at Dozens, but draw on the same instincts around framing, access, and engagement.
