civic-systems

developing insights across the civic system, to reimagine relationships and catalyse change

narrative strategies + design frameworks to inspire, with pragmatic, data-enhanced, sustainable foundations

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convening > creative practice with whole-systems thinking

wayfinding > designing frameworks for collective imagining

collective > place-based immersion delivering civic agency

nothing about us, without us > imagination and experience revives and regenerates existing systems

data > rebuilding the place-context for data in the everyday

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systems thinking as topology > design located in place

c-s: building capacity and capabilities for new models of civic collaboration – imagining, wayfinding, sensemaking, experimenting. Carefully bringing diverse stakeholders together to develop collective future visions. Intentionally pragmatic: deeply integrating with the social and economic practicalities of transformational policy making

Kate Jago is a creative strategist, publisher, systems convenor and participation specialist. A passionate advocate of community-led place-making, part of her change-making practice includes stewardship of civic-systems as collaborative studio practice. Jago is part of the Collective Imagining Practice Community, supported by Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) and The Great Imagining (TGI). Data modelling and participatory research is focused on the co-development of a community-led data commons published as collectivecommons.org