DESIGN THINKING TO DRIVE THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW ORGANISATION STRUCTURE

This was a large design thinking workshop project run with staff in Regional Resources of Auckland Library to develop a new, customer-centered organisation structure following the amalgamation of Auckland Council.

The work was undertaken by Mark from The Distillery working in close partnership with Drew McGuire from Capability Group. The Distillery designed, developed, facilitated and captured the design-thinking workshops, and Capability Group translated these outcomes into a detailed organisation design.

Mark facilitated six half day workshops for Auckland Libraries to assist our unit’s organisation structure design. Facilitating large groups of people who are anxious about changes to their roles, tasks and work locations, even when they understand the need for change, is not for the faint hearted. Mark treated everyone with respect, but with high expectations that they would contribute positively and keep to the timeframe, and achieved all that with our groups. The sessions kept on track, on purpose, and provided an extraordinarily rich source of content about key issues, barriers and shifts needed. The approach did not filter down to key themes too early in the process, and using pictures and videos, Mark allowed the words of early participants to be heard much later in the design process. I recommend both the method and Mark’s astute, fresh and energetic approach.
— Louise La Hatte - Manager, Regional Resources - Auckland Libraries & Information
Corin and Louise reviewing the physical outputs from the one of the first workshops.

Corin and Louise reviewing the physical outputs from the one of the first workshops.

Workshops participants reviewing edited video footage from previous workshops. In the first workshop, participants were asked to respond to a variety of challenges. Their responded were recorded on video. These were edited together so that senior ex…

Workshops participants reviewing edited video footage from previous workshops. In the first workshop, participants were asked to respond to a variety of challenges. Their responded were recorded on video. These were edited together so that senior executives could review the footage and distil key insights without needing to be present at all workshop sessions. The video files were hosted ion Vimeo to allow key stakeholders to review the footage at any time they chose.

Participants working through an 'anti-problem' exercise to help surface any 'elephants' in the room.

Participants working through an 'anti-problem' exercise to help surface any 'elephants' in the room.

The first stages of a customer experience storyboard.

The first stages of a customer experience storyboard.

A wonderful customer experience journey, and a real achievement int he 20 minute timeframe allotted to the exercise.

A wonderful customer experience journey, and a real achievement int he 20 minute timeframe allotted to the exercise.