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It's now over to @RSAEvents for a special event celebrating the 2020-21 RSA Student Design Awards where @jeneralife will be talking about why we need radical creation to meet challenges like those addressed by SDA winners #RSAdesign

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A warm welcome to our host for this evening, Head of Learning and Collaboration Design @theRSAorg,
@RebeccaPFord - this is a historic day for the RSA Student Design Awards as this is our first virtual public Awards Ceremony! #RSAdesign

Now taking the virtual main stage is @jeneralife, founder of ALT/Now a group of international collaborators leading system innovation programmes, with over 15 years of experience designing for social good and previously supported @theRSAorg's Economic Security Impact Accelerator!

@jeneralife leads systeminnovation.org @RockwoolFonden and is a member of @thepointpeople - you can find out more about her work below as she shares insights from her career at the forefront of movements such as Transformation Design #RSAdesign altnowgroup.org

@jeneralife talks about the important role design has to play ➡️ 'our lives are intimately connected to the lives of others and we need to remake the systems by which we live by'

'Moving from the systems that we have to the systems that we need requires different kinds of leadership, it’s about creating the conditions for a better system to emerge. - it’s not a technical challenge it’s a creative challenge'

Jennie comments on achieving ‘greater potential for unlocking change when you notice the people and the issues in-between’

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'We need to design for the process of transition itself, so designing for all the things that make a conducive environment for change – it’s also likely to mean unbuilding the systems we have, dismantling the systems that no longer serve us' - @jeneralife #RSAdesign

Jennie continues to share design wisdom:

'Use your design skills to help to build the imaginative capacity of many people in many settings'

'The more radical steps you take the easier it is to transcend the complexity you’re dealing with'

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A final round of applause to 2021 SDA winners, commended students and to each student across the globe who took part - thank you for demonstrating the power of design and using your creativity in positive, impactful ways in designing our futures 👏

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