As a follow-up to the multi-stakeholder lab 'Meedoen Werkt' (Participation Works) at the end of 2015, the whole stakeholder field came together again on the 12th of December 2016. The central question of the meeting was: "How do we strengthen and support each other on...
Netherlands
The majority of people in our collective and community are based in the Netherlands. We love to help organisations, institutes and communities in our own country navigate complexity. Examples of our work in the Netherlands can be found below. contact usThe Challenges of Young Researchers Groningen University
Young academic researchers at the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen face fundamental challenges: how do I balance life and work? How do I find the funding for projects? How do I form a research group? 64 young researchers from all faculties accepted the invitation from...
Social Lab Debt Relief Amsterdam
"Can you facilitate a lab for improving debt relief services in Amsterdam? We already have a framework with ambitions and themes. Now we want to bring policy makers and practitioners together to design a development program including concrete first steps." This was...
Shaping team ambitions and action plans together
"How do we realise an agile P&C team and how do we optimally contribute to strategic planning and control at Noorderpoort?" That is the central question for the Planning & Control (P&C) team of Noorderpoort, a large regional educational centre (ROC)...
How is it going with youth services in Maastricht?
How is it going with child social services since the decentralisations in the social domain and the introduction of the Tailored Education Act (Wet Passend Onderwijs)? The municipal council of Maastricht wants get a better grip on the effects these...
Dialogue-based conference for organisational change
Organisational change takes courage. Especially when you expect resistance and change fatigue. And even more so when the political reality dictates the goals. Shifting mindsets of client managers, organising the work differently, treating clients differently…. Where...
Ministry of VWS hosts Tangram Party
The Perspectivity Tangram complexity tool has matured and we organised a workshop to celebrate this. The Dutch Ministry of Public Health, Welfare and Sport (VWS) was so kind to host the party. The Tangram is a diagnostic tool developed by Perspectivity. It enables...
Communication Scrum in Oldambt
The communication department of the municipality of Oldambt wonders if they can use Scrum to distribute their work and share knowledge in the team. In a one-day workshop, the team is introduced to the principles of Scrum and practices by applying these to...
Participatory policy design in Maastricht
On June 14, the new subsidy system for volunteer work was approved by the Maastricht city council, with "extensive compliments to everyone" by the council. The new regulation has been developed through a participatory process with a wide representation of various...
Networking for day care and participation in Amsterdam
On the 16th of June 2016, 70 people involved in day care and participation in Amsterdam come together for the follow-up of the participation lab. Participants strengthen their networks, make new connections and work together on their common ambition to ensure...
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