Simon Gough

Experience

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  Siobhan Davies Dance Company

  Jan 1997 - Jan 1999

  Marketing Manager

  A contemporary dance company

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  Spoon

  Jan 1999 - Jan 2000

  Marketing Director

  An Industry Fashion Magazine

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  Anderson Grounds and Company

  Jan 2000 - Jan 2003

  Head of Marketing

  A regeneration consultancy

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  Redfront

  Nov 2000 - now

  Director

  Redfront is a human-centred design agency, primarily working with Services, Systems and Strategy, but with an evolving toolkit developed from research projects at the intersections between design and connected fields. We specialise in facilitation, co-design and research to explore current and future applications for design but with a strong track record of rapid implementation and capacity building.

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  Ravensbourne University London

  Sept 2015 - now

  I've been working at leading design and technology college, Ravensbourne, since 2015. Since that time I've helped to evolve the course by building on a core Service Design curriculum to include related fields, such as Organisation Design, Systems Thinking and Transition Design. I've been a tutor at leading design and technology college, Ravensbourne, since 2015. Since that time I've helped to evolve the curriculum by building on a core of Service Design to include Organisation Design and Systems Thinking.

  • Course Leader, MDes Social Innovation

    Sept 2022 - now

  • Course Leader, MDes Service Design

    Sept 2021 - Feb 2023

  • Tutor, MDes Service Design Innovation

    Sept 2015 - Oct 2021
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  The Data Place

  Apr 2017 - now

  Co-Founder and Design Lead

  The Data Place is a social enterprise with a mission to provide accessible data infrastructure with ancillary products and services that:- support communities through open access to critical data;- facilitate the key resources for product/service innovation and smart city initiatives;- foster a more collaborative and growing digital ecosystem; and- provide the means for public and civic organisations to better serve their stakeholders.

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  Design and Economics

  Apr 2021 - now

  Co-Founder

  Design and Economics is a programme of activities pulling together various threads around how design and economics connect, conflict, and shape each other. As co-founder I helped to develop the programme; we launched in April 2021 with an unconference and we're now planning our programme of future events.