building a community of interest and practice in service design

Designing a business with Huddle

Event Details

Time: August 6, 2012 from 10am to 11:30am
Location: Huddle spaces
Street: Level 6 90 William Street
City/Town: Melbourne
Website or Map: http://huddledesign.com.au
Phone: 0400 749 585 or 0406 585 224
Event Type: introductory, session, and, registration
Organized By: Melis Senova and Inge van der Poel
Latest Activity: Aug 8, 2012

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Event Description

Huddle is innovating its business model from being a traditional agency to a new freelancer and space based model. We would like to work with you over the next four weeks to design the following things:

1. The service model.

2. The business model.

We want to do this with people who are interested in participating in this type of model going forward, but also want to be involved in the creation of it. We think this might be you...

We will be running a rapid service design process involving the following approach:

1. Research (Week 1)

2. Service Modelling (Week 2)

3. Business Modelling (Week 3)

4. Finalising (Week 4)

The designed business will start operating in the 1st week of September, 2012.

The outcome we imagine is a space filled with exceptional people who are passionate about what they do. Huddle attracts strategic service design projects and will bring these projects to the space, making these opportunities accessible to freelancers. We will also be providing training and support to build the capability within this emerging industry.

We are really excited to be designing a new model to deliver this type of work to industry, and to be working with you (the potential participants) to create something meaningful.

Please come along next Monday to Huddle spaces so that you can register your interest and availability and so that we can answer all your questions.

THANKS!!

Melis and Inge

Comment Wall

Comment by Simon Waller on July 30, 2012 at 15:21: Hi Mel, I have a specialist appointment at 9am but hope to make it there by 10. See you then.

Comment by Anna Lee Anda on July 30, 2012 at 15:34: Are we able to join in if we miss the first session?

Comment by Melis Senova on July 30, 2012 at 15:45: Great Simon, see you there!

Anna, you can still be involved if you can't make the first session but you must make sure you register. You can do this by RSVPing so we know you're interested and we can circle back to you and add you to our list of participants.

We only have space for 10 to 15 people and we'll be looking to build a multi-disciplinary team so it's important that you register your interest with us.

Thanks for your interest! Look forward to meeting you.

Comment by Anna Lee Anda on July 30, 2012 at 15:46: Thanks for the fast response Mel :)

Comment by Yoko Akama on July 30, 2012 at 16:50: Hi Melis

I'd love to come along and talk about two things:

- potential opportunities that students might have in gaining experience in a model like this. What would mentorship look like?

- how research academics can participate by weaving in and out of projects and bring a richness and intellectual depth when needed.

Unfortunately, I'm on a waiting list for a doctor's appointment on Monday, which is why I'm on the 'might attend' RSVP. I'll confirm once I know the time.

Comment by Melis Senova on July 30, 2012 at 18:04: Sounds great Yoko, would love that. Another thought, doing this work will provide the group with a real life case study that we can baseline and measure over time. Another thing that we want more of. :-) very excited!

Comment by Peter Young on July 31, 2012 at 17:32: Huddle Melbourne only, or Sydney too? I'm in Sydney and am interested, but can't make it to Melbourne ....

Comment by Melis Senova on July 31, 2012 at 21:03: Hi Peter, sadly we no longer have a space in Sydney, so Melbourne only at this stage. Once we've got a schedule together maybe you could coordinate a visit or a Skype call?

Comment by Marina Paronetto on August 1, 2012 at 2:25: Hi Mel and Inge;

I'd love to be involved, but mondays / wednesdays and fridays are the days I work from Mulgrave, so it's a bit complicated for me, but I'll see what I can do.
I'll keep you posted!

Comment by Inge van der Poel on August 2, 2012 at 19:45: Pleased to see you are all coming on Monday! Please pass this on to anyone who you think might be interested! Cheers, Inge