Quelle est la moyenne d’âge dans les Conseils de quartier ? « En majorité, ce sont des retraités ! » C’est la situation classique et c’est la critique habituelle de ce type d’instance de participation qui demande du temps que les[…]
Auteur/autrice : François Jégou
VERS DES HABITUDES ALIMENTAIRES LOCALES PLUS SAINES ET DURABLES
Sur les 5 dernières années, la ville de Mouans -Sartoux a réduit l’impact carbone de ses habitants de plus de 20% ! Mobilité ? Habitat ? Non, en changeant les habitudes alimentaires de ses habitants qui ont réduit considérablement la[…]
How to re-design online collaboration?
With online meetings, we often make the mistake of just copying what we usually do in face-to-face meetings. But instead, we should look at what online meetings are best suited for and for which face-to-face meetings are not! Another important[…]
UTOPANG, A DROP OF WATER IN BEIJING!
François Jégou, Strategic Design Scenarios, November 2019 (Version française à la suite) « We community collaborators have many ideas, but they are like a cloud. During these two days of work with the design[…]
PLUS À FAIRE PLUS !
DÉPASSER LA DEMANDE ET METTRE EN CAPACITÉ TOUS LES ACTEURS Faire des conjectures sur l’avenir c’est souvent l’occasion de revenir sur la genèse pour « mettre en perspective » et de tenter d’articuler passé, présent et futur. Nous nous proposons donc dans[…]
« C’ÉTAIT COOL CE RECRUTEMENT ! »
TRANFO_ARTICLE CAS PRATIQUE RECRUTEMENT CO-CONSTRUCTION D’UNE VISION EXPRESS …et si on impliquait les futurs collègues (et pas forcément que les supérieurs) dans le recrutement ? …et si on incluait dans le jury un “candide” (tiré au sort pour apporter un[…]
REFILL@LILLE
(version française à la suite…) POLICY DESIGN LABS AND URBACT EXCHANGE NETWORKS François Jégou, Strategic Design Scenarios[1] « The network will produce deliverables that will allow other cities to benefit from all that has been exchanged between the participating cities … ».[…]
LUPI, transformation at every step? Les LUPI, transformation à tous les étages ?
LUPI, TRANSFORMATION ET EVERY STEP? (Version française à la suite) « Initially, the LUPI were thought to stimulate innovation in firms. In 10 years the demand has changed: it comes more from public stakeholders and concerns more complex problems, problems that[…]
BIOCANTEENS’ KITCHEN MICRO-GOOD PRACTICES
Some news from URBACT BIOCANTEENS Tansfer Network. Our first Phase 2 Transnational Meeting was pretty early with only 5 of the 6 city partners (despite efforts from all the Greek city of Trikala was not allowed to engage travel cost[…]
LUPI x LUPI
LUPI2 « It’s time for the LUPI to get out of the woods. » (french version below) All participants of the LUPI COMMUNITY agree on this idea. However, when going to the « why » or « how », visions get fuzzier and opinions less convergent.[…]
Dear administration / Chère administration…
MORE EMPATHY IN ADMINISTRATIVE LETTERS (Version française à la suite) « …for me it is out of question to answer just a refusal without explanation… »; « …against an “administrated”, I do not have to have emotions…« ; « …we wanted to put a little[…]
SETTING THE CURSORS OF CO-CREATION
SET THE CURSORS OF CO-CREATION (version française à la suite) How to reconcile an approach framed in advance and a posture open to co-creation? How to navigate between systematic and time-consuming co-creation and marginal co-development on residual or peripheral[…]
INVENTIO @ SUPERDEMOCRATIE…
(English version below) Le Sénat de Belgique accueille SUPERDEMOCRATIE du 1er au 31 octobre 2017. Initiative conjointe de M HKA, BPS 22, BOZARS et VUB CROSSTALKS cette exposition présente des œuvres contemporaines et des commentateurs invités autour des thèmes INVESTIGATIO,[…]
120 DUTCH CIVIL SERVANTS FOR LIFT EUROPE
(version Française à la suite) As part of the integration programs for their young public servants, the Dutch ministries organize a study tour to Brussels to visit the European institutions, meet and exchange with their spokespersons, interview and discuss with[…]
HQD DESIGN (HIGH DEMOCRATIC QUALITY)
What does design have to do with democracy? Democracy is usually a matter of politics, of debate of ideas, of governance but democracy is hidden also in the folds of our daily life. This workshop aims to examine products,[…]
THE FUTURE OF ME
THE FUTURE OF ME in a sustainable world: a forward-looking game in which you are both the main player and the main focus! THE FUTURE OF ME IN A NUTSHELL… The project « THE FUTURE OF ME » proposes that we think[…]
Between « off-ground » and « off-road »
Entre « hors-sol » et « tout-terrain » (English version below) Expliquer le design appliqué à l’action publique dans les modalités habituelles de formation en chambre est une gageure… et souvent une source de frustration, quelque chose comme : « …je vous raconte sur un[…]
BIBMARKT MATCH-MAKING
Eight o’clock: people crowd in front of the entrance to De Centraale. Inside it is full: a long line of people waits in front of the counters to withdraw their places. A concert ? A show ? Not at all.[…]
Back from Helsinki Design Week…
As a foreign visitor a Design Week is not an easy to use service: 250 events spread all other the city and along more than one week is difficult to grasp in a short 2 days visit… So this article[…]