Design researcher · educator · founder of Dienk
How we frame what is happening shapes what we believe can happen next.
My work concerns how problems are framed, how evidence becomes meaningful, and what people and organisations must be prepared to reconsider before acting.
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Established practice
Current practice
I work across design research, user-centered design, education and programme leadership.
Across these contexts, I am interested in how people investigate uncertain situations, make sense of partial or competing evidence, and create the conditions for more thoughtful action.
This includes researching people’s experiences, supporting better-grounded design decisions, and developing educational and organisational structures through which creative and critical work can happen.
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Developing proposition
Developing through Dienk
Dienk is an independent research practice in formation.
It is being developed around a particular concern: organisations are often under pressure to respond to complex situations before they have adequately interpreted what is happening, whose interests are involved or what is genuinely at stake.
Through research, framing and facilitated inquiry, Dienk explores how organisations might arrive at better-grounded interpretations—and more responsible possibilities for action.
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Public notebook · Coming soon
A place for work in formation
This site will gather essays, retrospective cases, teaching notes, fragments, revisions and open questions.
Some pieces will describe established practice. Others will test developing propositions, reconsider earlier positions or trace the questions from which Dienk is emerging.
This is not a finished account of a practice. It is part of how the practice is being formed.
For current work, writing and conversations, find me on LinkedIn.