Local Peoples

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Pino — Creative Director, at
giuseppe@localpeoples.com

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Why Local Peoples

We specialise in applying human centred design to support Public Service challenges and projects.

Our purpose is to support the public sector to design healthy, resilient and resourceful communities.

We are big advocates for people and planet centred design, working in agile frameworks and multi-disciplinary teams.

We seek to support innovative and improved public services for all Australians.

We deeply value our social, environmental and economic impact.

Local Peoples is a certified B-Corporation.

We help to

  • Deliver social outcomes
  • Refine & test policy
  • Mitigate risk
  • Minimise costs
  • Energize people & culture
  • Improve delivery speed
  • Deliver inclusive services
  • Delight stakeholders

Our team has worked for or with:

  • Federal

    Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA)
    Australian Criminal and Intelligence Commission (formerly CRIMTRAC)
    Bureau of Meteorology (BoM)
    Department of Defence
    Department of Federal Affairs and Trade (DFAT)
    Department of Health
    Department of Human Services/Services Australia
    Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources/Industry,
    Innovation and Science
    National Archives Australia
    Department of Employment and Workforce Relations

  • State

    NSW Department of Communities and Justice
    ACT Government – Treasury and Economic Development Directorate (CMTEDD)
    ACT Public Service – ACT Health and Canberra Health Services
    Provided across agency services to:
    ACT Education Directorate
    ACT Community Services Directorate
    Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority
    Health Workforce Australia
    State and Territory Health Departments
    NSW Department of Primary Industries
    SA Department of Primary Industries and Regions
    VIC Department of Environment Water Land and planning (DELWP)
    VIC Department of Premier and Cabinet

  • Corporate

    Nike
    Under Armour
    Officeworks
    Australian Unity
    Melbourne University
    Monash University
    RMIT University
    Deakin University

Human centred design can help

Public Sector Transformation

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We support the public sector through:

  • Design research to understand user needs
  • Human centered service design
  • Piloting policy with people to ensure it’s solving the right problems
  • Derisking projects through prototyping to ensure they are fit for purpose
  • User experience design of digital products
  • Helping to develop implementation roadmaps for success
  • Designing measurement tools that measure people and planetary impact alongside economic/value for $
  • We can help pilot policy with people to ensure it’s solving the right problems
  • We derisk projects through prototyping to ensure they are fit for purpose
  • Help develop implementation roadmaps for success
  • We design measurement tools that measure people and planetary impact alongside economic/value for $

Engage Us

Embedded teams: We can work within your team to bring expert skills to your project

Consulting: We can lead the project and deliver an outcome

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E: Pino Demaio
Managing Director

E: Lauren Eymes
People and Culture Lead

 

Local Peoples works, creates and plays on the lands of the Wurundjeri, Bunurong and Wathaurong peoples of the Kulin Nation, land which has never been ceded. We thank them them for caring for this land for over 40,000 years and recognise and pay our deepest respect to elders past, present and emerging. This always was and always will be Aboriginal land.

Contact

03 9190 8903
hello@localpeoples.com

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Local Peoples works, creates and plays on the lands of the Wurundjeri, Bunurong and Wathaurong peoples of the Kulin Nation, land which has never been ceded. We thank them them for caring for this land for over 40,000 years and recognise and pay our deepest respect to elders past, present and emerging. This always was and always will be Aboriginal land.

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