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Guide Mentoring tomorrow’s design leaders

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Inside you will find

Introduction
Tips on how to find a mentor
Top mentoring tips
Resources

This will interest

Future design mentors/leaders
Designers

Mentoring relationships either click or they don’t, but the ones that do can last a lifetime.
Les Wynn, Design Manager Xerox Europe and Nextnet Mentor

From October 2007 to April 2008 the Design Council ran a pilot leadership development scheme for designers called NextNet.

As part of it, we tested a mentoring programme which paired 13 mid-level designers with different senior designers.

This booklet shares what we learned about mentoring for designers.

Resources

Architecture and the Built Environment: Design Review Insight Report Improving design quality in the built environment. Improving design quality in the built environment.

Report — 20/08/2018

Planning application

Planning application

Brent Council: Using design thinking to make planning applications more efficient Brent Council applied to the Design in the Public Sector programme with the desire to make the planning application process in Brent easier and quicker. Brent Council applied to the Design in the Public Sector programme with the desire to make the planning application process in Brent easier.

Case study — 15/08/2018

Aquafolium banner transform Ageing

Aquafolium banner transform Ageing

Transform Ageing: Wellbeing in the woods – inside Aquafolium Transform Ageing is supporting Aquafolium, a social enterprise to help reconnect people with nature in Devon. Transform Ageing is supporting Aquafolium, a social enterprise to help reconnect people with nature in Devon.

Case study — 07/08/2018

The sewing room

The sewing room

Transform Ageing: A stitch in time – inside The Sewing Rooms Transform Ageing has granted The Sewing Rooms £25,000 to replicate its project across three areas in the South West. Transform Ageing has granted The Sewing Rooms £25,000 to replicate its project across three areas in the South West.

Case study — 26/07/2018

Transform Ageing

Transform Ageing

Evaluating Transform Ageing – What we’ve learnt about learning How combining developmental and theory-based evaluation approaches can provide space for learning and accountability in innovative programmes. Combining developmental and theory-based evaluation approaches can provide space for learning and accountability in innovative programmes.

Report — 17/07/2018

Hackney Council: Connecting services to support the health of tenants in private housing Hackney Council applied for the Design Council’s Design in the Public Sector programme, funded by the Local Government Association, to find ways to deal with the health challenges some of their residents were facing. Hackney Council applied to Design in the Public Sector to find ways to deal with the health challenges some of their residents were facing.

Case study — 11/07/2018

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