Human-centered design in the Public Sector

Design Thinking Roundtable returns with its third season —Designing for the Public to investigate the meaning of Human-Centered Design in the public sector. Public sector fundamentally pertains to and involves people: Without people, the “public” does not exist, nor does the government. We discuss, debate and question the past, present and future of design thinking in the public sector. In the first episode, our host, Priyanka Vora sat down with design experts working with and in the government to discuss why human-centered design matters for developing and implementing policies that create positive social impact. Here’s who we interviewed in the order they appear on the show: Arianne Miller, Managing Director of the Lab at OPM (Office of Personnel Management) Cat Drew, Chief Design Officer. Design Council, an independent charity that advises the UK government on design. Mari Nakano, Design Director, Service Design Studio at the New York City Mayor's Office for Economic Opportunity Jocelyn Bailey, Strategic and social design practitioner, critic and researcher based in London. ********* Credits: Production, host: Priyanka Vora; Conception: Anne-Laure Fayard; Sound design, music & post-production: Guilhem Tamisier. ********* To learn more about the New York University’s Design for America, visit www.dfanyu.com and follow us at twitter.com/DFANYU. You can email us at nyu@designforamerica.com and mention the podcast in the subject line. Acknowledgment: Thank you to NYU Tandon’s Department of Technology Management and Innovation and Design Lab @ NYU MakerSpace for their support. [ https://engineering.nyu.edu/academics/departments/technology-management-and-innovation] [http://makerspace.engineering.nyu.edu/designlab/]