Exactly my suggestion, really. A public sector team/service (a city gov function, though capable of embedding at super-local level) that can prototype – and then figure out whether to continue to build and operate, procure/outsource, or regulate/block. Needs the constant prompts from the ‘Understanding Service’ and also generates insights through its activities, of course.

Designer, urbanist, etc. Director of Strategic Design at Vinnova, Swedish govt. Prof. AHO Oslo, Visiting Prof. UCL Bartlett IIPP, Design Academy Eindhoven, RMIT

Designer, urbanist, etc. Director of Strategic Design at Vinnova, Swedish govt. Prof. AHO Oslo, Visiting Prof. UCL Bartlett IIPP, Design Academy Eindhoven, RMIT