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Emma Blomkamp

Researcher

Jan 31, 2026

44:58
end on.
45:01
Yeah, it's really easy to point to all of the constraints and limitations in the public sector, but somehow some people do some amazing work.
45:11
within those and are creative in how they work with and against the limitations of those institutions.
45:18
So I think there's a couple of different strategies.
45:20
Sometimes there's an opportunity for people to co-design by stealth and go under the radar and just do really good work and include more people and not make a big song and dance and not advertise, not even label it as co-design.
45:35
Just work in really inclusive and creative and participative ways and find ways that they're allowed to, for instance, remunerate people with lived experience.
45:47
Sometimes people need to create the policies and there's amazing people who work within bureaucracies to create the space and structure to support this work.

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