Change is in the Making Podcast

Normally, this podcast talks about how we lead change, through the lens of design thinking. However, 2020 was a masterclass in change—the change simply happened, whether we wanted it to or not. So what are we learning from what 2020 threw at us? What do we want to carry with us into the year to come? This “fireside chat” with Kevan looks back on 2020 and explores 7 lessons from an unprecedented year. It’s our final episode of Season Two, The Changemaker’s Journey.

"On Wisdom" is part of The Conversation, our holiday 2020 audio series. Explore this collection of brief but meaningful insights and reflections curated by the Domain7 team.

"On Virtue" is part of The Conversation, our holiday 2020 audio series. Explore this collection of brief but meaningful insights and reflections curated by the Domain7 team.

"On Resilience" is part of The Conversation, our holiday 2020 audio series. Explore this collection of brief but meaningful insights and reflections curated by the Domain7 team.

"On Solace" is part of The Conversation, our holiday 2020 audio series. Explore this collection of brief but meaningful insights and reflections curated by the Domain7 team.

"On Delight" is part of The Conversation, our holiday 2020 audio series. Explore this collection of brief but meaningful insights and reflections curated by the Domain7 team.

"On Hardship" is part of The Conversation, our holiday 2020 audio series. Explore this collection of brief but meaningful insights and reflections curated by the Domain7 team.

"On Being True" is part of The Conversation, our holiday 2020 audio series. Explore this collection of brief but meaningful insights and reflections curated by the Domain7 team.

"On Joy" is part of The Conversation, our holiday 2020 audio series. Explore this collection of brief but meaningful insights and reflections curated by the Domain7 team.

"On Disappointment" is part of The Conversation, our holiday 2020 audio series. Explore this collection of brief but meaningful insights and reflections curated by the Domain7 team. Centring on themes that help us reflect on a tumultuous year and move forward into the future, we are exploring change, resilience, community, transformation, and grounded hope.

“The Important Questions” is part of The Conversation, our holiday 2020 audio series. Explore this collection of brief but meaningful insights and reflections curated by the Domain7 team.

This bonus activity is designed to serve as your audio facilitator through an actual co-design workshop. The exercise is designed for 3 people to participate in, and will take about 2 hours from start to finish, as Kevan guides you through the steps you need to take in a room, as actual participants in a mini co-design sprint.

Co-design is a participatory effort to build something for the future, and this episode is all about the methods to do it — in a really practical way. Veronica and Kevan talk though the structures, spreadsheets and stories from successful sprints.

When all the perspectives have been heard and the problem is known, but no decision has been reached yet, no solution designed, what is the role of a leader in the change-making process? This episode we explore the importance of holding space for ideas and solutions to emerge—in the work of innovation and in our daily lives.

At the close of one year and the opening of another, take a few moments to reflect and renew. This guided reflection invites you to integrate the experiences of the past twelve months with your hopes for the next. Find a space of clarity to uncover insights for the next part of your journey—at work, and in life.

In this deep dive of a conversation with seasoned facilitators Ceri Rees and Kevan Gilbert, we turn our attention to small-scale listening and its big-scale impact: on our relationships at work and ultimately in our work itself. Focusing in on interpersonal and group dynamics and drawing from Ceri and Kevan's experience, we explore ways to intentionally create environments that welcome skillful listening. And we discuss the work of achieving a balance of safety and assertion: asking ourselves how we can avoid empty exercises and instead share truly valuable exchanges of ideas and perspectives. It's a a well-informed, expansive and yet intimate conversation that left us more attuned to our own listening practices in our everyday work life and gatherings.

Presented by Civil Space, our first product at Domain7, this episode of Change is in the Making is specifically crafted for those who steward outreach and engagement efforts: in government, the public sector, higher education, and other complex community organizations. Tim Booker, CEO of Civil Space, joins Veronica and Kevan for a thorough conversation about the mindset and methodologies that support community listening. Tune in for a deep dive into the dissonance, richness, and innovation that can arise in this vitally important stage in the Design Thinking double diamond, and the community Changemaker's journey.

The second instalment in Season 2's exploration of the changemaker's journey through the lens of Design Thinking, this episode tackles the problem space — and how we understand and engage with the dynamics at play in any problem. Using the Cynefin framework and the iconic "How Might We?" question of Design Thinking, Kevan and Veronica ask what it might accomplish to see problems as potential thresholds we can choose to cross into futures of innovation and growth.

Kevan and Veronica kick off Season Two's exploration of the organizational change journey through the lens of Design Thinking. In a focused conversation they explore why it's important to come to grips with our own personal tendencies before we even start a change initiative. What are your go-to directions in communication style, energy levels, and self-awareness? And how might they set your change efforts up for success or failure?

Grab a pen and a notebook and a quiet spot, and let Veronica and Kevan guide you through an audio-facilitated reflection on your year. This interactive episode of Change is in the Making is designed to help create the space for you to better understand how you want to show up in the year ahead. Find out more at domain7.com/podcast

Join Kevan and Ceri on a vibrant, poetic exploration of the dynamics needed to create healthy facilitation spaces. In this episode, you'll travel along with them to The Art of Hosting retreat on Bowen Island, and discover leading, emerging insights about community and co-creation.

Go on a field trip with our Lead Facilitator, Kevan, as he travels to Vancouver to talk to a group of CEO's about "The Listening Organization." This peek behind-the-scenes at a facilitator's day illuminates how to adopt a mindset of listening and adapting in order to more accurately understand and meet emerging needs.

Kevan's back from paternity leave! Which makes this the perfect episode to take a break. Listen in on a lively conversation between two colleagues about the value of taking time away from work to see both yourself and your work more clearly. Kevan and Veronica draw on their own and each other's experience to explore the topic of leaves, trust, identity, and what being a human-centred organization is all about.

In our fifth episode, engagement strategist and mediation facilitator Ceri Rees unpacks why assertion is as key to connection as empathy, and how to hold the two in balance. Also on the conversational agenda: how to listen effectively, why it's ok to sometimes wait before tackling a tough issue, and how our beliefs about conflict influence our emotional response and actions.

How does our technology contribute to or detract from an experience of joy in our daily lives? In designing for delight and "stickiness," have we embraced problematic goals? Award-winning author and speaker Christina Crook joins us to discuss how we might integrate tech into our lives in ways that help us flourish.

An insightful, wide-ranging conversation with Domain7's Design Director Stanley Lai on the present, past and future of design thinking.

We welcome senior leadership consultant, mindfulness teacher, and Sauder School of Business professor Alex Trisoglio to the show to discuss what it takes to lead change in an increasingly volatile and uncertain world. A lively conversation on cross-disciplinary thinking, generational shifts, psychological safety, and the importance of diverse strengths.

In our first episode, Kevan and Veronica discuss the human reality behind the jargon-y buzzword of "Digital Transformation." A candid conversation about the business necessity and cultural impact of digital change as it transforms our workplaces and lives.