Collaborative design allows for a much broader range of experience, knowledge and expertise to be brought together to tackle a challenge. By sharing wider range of ideas we are able to make connections and by combining the intellectual capital of individuals with different ways of thinking we can reach more innovative solutions. The immediate benefits of employing a co-design approach include:
Generation of better ideas with a high degree of originality and user value
Improved knowledge of customer or user needs
Immediate validation of ideas or concepts
Higher quality, better differentiated products or services
More efficient decision making
Lower development costs and reduced development time
Better cooperation between different people or organisations, and across disciplines
The longer-term benefits include:
Higher degrees of satisfaction of, and loyalty from, customers and users
Increased levels of support and enthusiasm for innovation and change
Better relationships between the product or service provider and their customers
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Educational Design Concept & Research
What follows are some notes on the potential for collaborative research with one or more organisations, universities, etc. I am keen to speak to anyone about potential research collaborations.
What follows are some notes on the potential for collaborative research with one or more organisations, universities, etc. Currently, Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh is interested in collaborating on the research and potentially the development of a set of business tools.
