Empowering your organisation to use design to deliver impact.
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Empowering your organisation to use design to deliver impact.
Empowering your organisation to use design to deliver impact.
Paper Giant helps you build design capability.
Strategic design, design research and innovation are key capabilities that enable organisations to become and remain adaptive and resilient, no matter the sector. These disciplines work together to ensure organisations are able to sense what is happening in the external environment and respond intentionally.
Paper Giant helps organisations prepare for change, regulatory reform, transformation and innovation by delivering targeted training to internal teams. As leaders in Australia’s research, design and innovation communities, we advocate for their value to organisations of all shapes and sizes.
Our targeted training and education programs are led by specialist practitioners and involve a mix of tools, theory, applied practice and reflection.
We'd love to talk with you about building an approach to improve design capability in your organisation.
We'd love to talk with you about building an approach to improve design capability in your organisation.
We'd love to talk with you about building an approach to improve design capability in your organisation.
We'd love to talk with you about building an approach to improve design capability in your organisation.
Paper Giant’s capability and training services
Paper Giant’s capability and training services
Paper Giant’s capability and training services
We partner with you to deliver training programs of all shapes and sizes.
We cater to your needs and audience with a variety of delivery models ranging from in person workshops to mixed-model courses and online learning programs.
We offer training in:
- Strategic design
- Systems design
- Customer experience design
- Human centred design
- Product design
- Service design
- Co-design
- Participatory design
- Design research
- Innovation
- Innovation leadership and management
We partner with you to deliver training programs of all shapes and sizes.
We cater to your needs and audience with a variety of delivery models ranging from in person workshops to mixed-model courses and online learning programs.
We offer training in:
- Strategic design
- Systems design
- Customer experience design
- Human centred design
- Product design
- Service design
- Co-design
- Participatory design
- Design research
- Innovation
- Innovation leadership and management
We partner with you to deliver training programs of all shapes and sizes.
We cater to your needs and audience with a variety of delivery models ranging from in person workshops to mixed-model courses and online learning programs.
We offer training in:
- Strategic design
- Systems design
- Customer experience design
- Human centred design
- Product design
- Service design
- Co-design
- Participatory design
- Design research
- Innovation
- Innovation leadership and management
Our principles
Our principals
Tailored
Our training is tailored - we work with clients to understand your needs, ensuring we build upon the capability that already exists in your team and organisation. To assist with this, we offer a behavioral diagnostic to identify the gaps and opportunities for improvement within your team/s.
Flexible
We are flexible when it comes to delivery and can tailor programs to be the right mix of in-person sessions, online workshops and online e-learning content depending upon the needs and distribution of your group.
Holistic
Our training is holistic - we work with participants on skills, knowledge and mindset, supported by a toolkit that can live on once the training is completed.
Experiential
Our training programs are experiential, involving a mix of theory, reflection, and applied practice to real problems and projects. Kolb’s experiential learning cycle underpins our way of approaching teaching and learning.
Modular
Our training is modular, enabling training to be delivered throughout a project if required, and enabling toolkits and content to be organised in a user-friendly manner for clients.
Scalable
Our programs are scalable - both our standalone workshops and our longer courses can be created to suit large and small cohorts.
Impactful
Our programs are impactful - all our training programs have pre and post program evaluations built in, allowing us to measure the value of the program to you and your participants.
Impactful
Our programs are impactful - all our training programs have pre and post program evaluations built in, allowing us to measure the value of the program to you and your participants.
What we offer
What we offer
Masterclass programs
We are specialists in the design and delivery of 2-6 month courses that involve a mix of regular interactive learning workshops with the completion of real-world design challenges for participants. These programs can run online or in person and are backed up by a toolkit tailored to the particular requirements of your organisation.
Masterclass programs
We are specialists in the design and delivery of 2-6 month courses that involve a mix of regular interactive learning workshops with the completion of real-world design challenges for participants. These programs can run online or in person and are backed up by a toolkit tailored to the particular requirements of your organisation.
Atlassian used our masterclass program to develop the ability of various internal teams to transform and prepare for scale.
We helped Atlassian used our masterclass program to develop the ability of internal teams to transform and scale internal functions. Read more
NSW Health Pathology used our masterclass program to build the innovation and leadership capacity of its up and coming executive group.
Deep dive workshops
We have run workshops with a range of clients ranging from half day sessions to three day sessions. These workshops can be integrated into live projects, delivering tools and know-how at the right time in the process. Alternatively, they can be used as professional development experiences for a range of practitioners and non-practitioners alike.
Deep dive workshops
We have run workshops with a range of clients ranging from half day sessions to three day sessions. These workshops can be integrated into live projects, delivering tools and know-how at the right time in the process. Alternatively, they can be used as professional development experiences for a range of practitioners and non-practitioners alike.
We delivered advanced research workshops at ANZ to help build expertise in their growing practice team.
We delivered workshops with non-practitioners at RACV in order to enable better cross-department collaboration.
Bespoke toolkits
We can quickly assemble a toolkit of best practice processes, activities, templates and guides to support you in any upcoming project, pilot program or initiative that requires a head start. Our toolkits are designed to your needs and are very easy to use.
Bespoke toolkits
We can quickly assemble a toolkit of best practice processes, activities, templates and guides to support you in any upcoming project, pilot program or initiative that requires a head start. Our toolkits are designed to your needs and are very easy to use.
Bespoke toolkits
We can quickly assemble a toolkit of best practice processes, activities, templates and guides to support you in any upcoming project, pilot program or initiative that requires a head start. Our toolkits are designed to your needs and are very easy to use.
We delivered a co-design pilot toolkit for the La Trobe Valley Authority.
Guest facilitation
We regularly work with other training and events providers to bring specialist expertise to a participant group. In these situations, we are able to fit within your existing structures and formats and approach pricing more flexibly.
Guest facilitation
We regularly work with other training and events providers to bring specialist expertise to a participant group. In these situations, we are able to fit within your existing structures and formats and approach pricing more flexibly.
We have delivered sessions for Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources, The Mandarin and a variety of industry conferences and events.
Practice coaching
Our directors and leadership team can be engaged as coaches or guides as you move through a project or build a new internal practice. This is particularly valuable for building confidence as you advocate for new ways of working within your organisation.
Practice coaching
Our directors and leadership team can be engaged as coaches or guides as you move through a project or build a new internal practice. This is particularly valuable for building confidence as you advocate for new ways of working within your organisation.
Practice coaching
Our directors and leadership team can be engaged as coaches or guides as you move through a project or build a new internal practice. This is particularly valuable for building confidence as you advocate for new ways of working within your organisation.
We coached IMCL through a complex application of Codesign.
Flagship projects
Often, the best way to build capability is to deliver a project or program that exemplifies the tools, techniques and new ways of working that an organisation wants to embed within the culture. Paper Giant can embed training, advocacy and strategic communications into a flagship project to showcase new methods and to build momentum around a cultural change while delivering real value.
Flagship projects
Often, the best way to build capability is to deliver a project or program that exemplifies the tools, techniques and new ways of working that an organisation wants to embed within the culture. Paper Giant can embed training, advocacy and strategic communications into a flagship project to showcase new methods and to build momentum around a cultural change while delivering real value.
Flagship projects
Often, the best way to build capability is to deliver a project or program that exemplifies the tools, techniques and new ways of working that an organisation wants to embed within the culture. Paper Giant can embed training, advocacy and strategic communications into a flagship project to showcase new methods and to build momentum around a cultural change while delivering real value.
We worked with GMCT to deliver a flagship HCD program and showcase the value of this methodology.
Capability evaluation and strategy
We believe that capability evaluation enables us to target the design of training services to the right practitioners at the right level.
Capability evaluation and strategy
We believe that capability evaluation enables us to target the design of training services to the right practitioners at the right level.
We worked with RACV to run a behavioural diagnostic across the organisation in order to establish a way to measure the impact of training over time.
We worked with DTA to evaluate capability across the APS.
We can help you build design capability
If you're interested in working with us, get in touch.
We have the means to solve your research problem
If you're interested in working with us, get in touch.
We can help you build design your capability
If you're interested in working with us, get in touch.
We have the means to solve your research problem
If you're interested in working with us, get in touch.
Contact us
If you're interested in working with us, just get in touch.
Email: hello@papergiant.net
Call: +61 (03) 9112 0514
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