Exhibit Change has been working on the principles and methodologies of design thinking and community engagement for 5 years. Often, I find when I explain this to people, they are initially kind of puzzled. It is hard to explain and far easier to show.
Making that first mark on the paper and planning the process is daunting.
Making that first mark on the paper and planning the process is daunting.
I have become familiar with laying out a process for clients, visualizing it, explaining the components and laying out what the potential outcomes will be when we are first meeting. I know this is going to change. The hardest part for me is creating a comfort in this uncertainty for my clients. Usually organizations with limited funding, like community organizations or schools, are not used to banking on something that doesn't feel like a "sure thing". The difference is that I know it is a sure thing. I know that the process will get us where we need to go. It's just that where we need to go is not usually what was exactly originally imagined.
This is why we say you have to trust the process.
This is why we say you have to trust the process.