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Sam Rye

What is Strategic Design practice?

What is Strategic Design practice?

Strategic Design practice is made up of a wide range of activities, methods and tools, and is much less well articulated than the likes of Service Design. This post draws on my original post from my Masters research project [https://www.samrye.xyz/masters/], which used Systemic & Strategic Design

Return to the Fray

Return to the Fray

At the turn of the year I felt a strong call to return to work on biodiversity & climate. I'm delighted to say that at the end of the month, I will be rejoining Conservation Volunteers [https://conservationvolunteers.com.au/] (Australasia's largest conservation volunteering organisation), as

Towards Targeted Systems Change

Towards Targeted Systems Change

Modelling and communicating how to shift systems As I’ve written about in the recent past, [https://medium.com/mdes-environmental-social-impact] I focused my recently completed Masters of Design focused on a domain I’m particularly passionate about — environmental issues. This post aims to uncover some of the research, thinking and

Learnings about Environmental Philanthropy

Learnings about Environmental Philanthropy

Recently I’ve been looking into finding a new home for my skills and experience. One of the organisations I've been speaking to is a leader in the philanthropy sector in Australia.

Learnings about Environmental Philanthropy

Learnings about Environmental Philanthropy

Reflections from exploring a role working in the philantrophic sector

Exploring Regenerative Design Methods

Exploring Regenerative Design Methods

I was recently invited to work with Swinburne University’s Masters of Design Strategy & Innovation students, to deliver a participatory toolkit session using organic materials to scaffold their reflection on Design Leadership research thus far.

Farewell Medium?

Farewell Medium?

I'm breaking up with Medium. Since 2013, I've been primarily writing on Medium.com. Since that time, Medium has changed. Lately, it's done the path I really hoped it wouldn't - encouraging people to paywall their writing.