#week no.3

Te Rapunga phase guiding questions (from Auckland Co-Design Lab)

What supports us to spot tohu?

My positionality, which I want to continue to reflect on will heavily impact what tohu I notice in the research. This is not necessarily a bad thing, as my project should be aligned with my interests in order to be motivated and feel pride in my work. However, the tohu I miss because of lack of personal connection could mean I miss a more fruitful path towards a better outcome.

When researching, capturing quotes that stand out to me and saving them to reflect on later is a good way to make sure I'm actively engaging with the research. As a visual person, I feel that making mood boards and analysing precedents in that way, could enable me to spot more tohu than just reading texts.

Although I can't offically talk to outside stakeholders, I want to keep touching base with people in the trans community to make sure my approach and tohu are reflective of their lived experience.

What are the capabilities, mindsets, processes, that support us to spot emerging tohu?

It's been a moment since I've sat down and reflected, but much working and thinking has occurred in the interim. Currently, in Nga Marama Rakaunui, It's a time to be active and put planning into purposeful action. This aligns with my synthesising research, brainstorms and insights into actionable steps going forward. This past week and a half has been the Te Rapunga phase, where I'm diverging and exploring the infinite potential of DEI in the workplace. Because I'm nearing the end of this phase and will be entering the Te Kitenga phase next week, I have started converging a bit based on the tohu I have observed in the research and my own reactions to the research so far. Currently, I'm pretty set on focusing on the nuanced lived experience of Trans and Non Binary employees in the workplace.

We were assigned to scope a, b and c outcomes for our project, I discovered how process-motivated design could occur in the workplace. As well as setting out what an outcome could physically be, I also brainstormed how I would want the outcome to look, feel and sound. This aligns with my mindset focus on lived experience. The list is just my first iteration and will of course change as I speak to people and add their desires alongside mine.

After this I also wanted to investigate the assumptions I made in my projection of a workshop as the outcome of my design process.