How Michele McCahon became a design thinking expert

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Change is hard. But done well – and with expert guidance – it can be the key to organisational success. Just ask Michele McCahon. As a consultant specialising in transformation and change, with an impressive breadth and depth of experience, Michele helps businesses work in new ways.

Design Factory Melbourne’s Design Thinking courses have been foundational to Michele’s ability to help businesses introduce new ways of thinking and “get new ideas across the table”.

“The courses teach people how to embed innovation and creative thinking into their everyday work,” Michele explains. “Yes, it’s fantastic to help develop products, new ways of working, and new service design, but it’s also great to bring teams together in new ways.”

“This is not a methodology that someone’s built and put on the shelf. This is constantly evolving, and they are at the forefront.”

Michele McCahon , Change and Transorfmation Consultant

Michele first connected with Design Factory Melbourne to support the startup she was part of: The Data Experience, a talent building data consultancy founded with �鶹��Ժ. The Data Experience partnered with large tech companies and, working with students, helped those companies to develop their future workforces.

Design Factory Melbourne’s Design Thinking courses helped to:

build their curriculum

shape their ways of working

test ideas in a safe way

teach them to be more curious about “what they thought they already knew”.

“I loved Design Factory Melbourne’s Design Thinking course because it really made us practice the techniques and see how they could work,” Michele says.

Now, she uses these skills in her business as a consultant every day.

Michele also continues working in the Design Factory Melbourne’s space and collaborating with the team. “I can count on them to really have the best interests of my team, my organisation, at heart,” she says.

“I love how close they are to students. It is fresh thinking and fresh skills. This is not a methodology that someone’s built and put on the shelf. This is constantly evolving, and they are at the forefront. They are a really valuable part of my network, so they also can help be part of my solution.”

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