ABOUT US
Meet The Team
Co.Design4All is the result of years of incidental meetings which led to a meeting of the minds of the founders Natasha Doherty and Tracey Johnson. We believe more can be achieved if groups work together on interesting problems. Ensuring groups are effective when faced with big problems relies on good facilitation.
This is a skill which can be taught through equipping anyone interested with a toolkit. So after decades adding many facilitation techniques to our professional skills we have created a platform which brings the best of what we have leant and applied to the fingertips of anyone interested.
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ABOUT OUR WORK
Winning hearts, minds and wallets!
Natasha and Tracey have spent decades working with and within large corporations, government, healthcare providers and the not for profit sector. Their diverse career paths have one common thread; improving the ability of organisations to execute on delivery of novel solutions which make an impact. Most of their work has focussed on achieving complex change in regional and industry development and the health and social care sectors.
What makes such settings challenging is that many players need to embrace an issue to solve it. Winning hearts, minds and wallets is what they have done countless times. Using co-design techniques to get everyone focussed on a shared definition of the problem and galvanised to act is second nature.
Their expertise is widely acknowledged with the pair separately and together speaking to many thousands of people every year through conference keynotes, workshop delivery, facilitating forums and guiding the creation of new strategies and services.
Developing business cases, advocacy documents and pitches for change is what they do best. Having won hundreds of millions of dollars for their clients and organisations to deliver change they are now making available to you the tools which underpin their exceptional performance.
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What Our Clients Say
See our client’s experiences of using the Co.Design4All framework, working with the team and what that means to them.
Tracey Silvester
Executive Officer
Engaging, Successful, Credible
I have been witness to Tracey Johnson’s knowledge of the health care system and her exceptional group facilitation skills. She is a master at understanding the complexities in which health services operate; an understanding that is reflected in the quality of the co-design tools and resources that have been developed. Her ability to clearly communicate complex concepts and engage diverse audiences ensures the success and credibility of her work. I am confident that these attributes and Tracey’s commitment to making a difference will make the website a valuable resource for all users.
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Best Co-design Process
This has been the best co-design process I have even participated in……ACTUAL co-design.
Meredith Cummins
CEO Neuroendocrine Cancer Australia
Wonderful Co-design Workshop
Wonderful to be involved in this co-design workshop to ensure the model of care for all cancers benefits all cancers.
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Fantastic Co-design Workshop
Fantastic to have been part of the codesign workshop with McGrath Foundation and Natasha Doherty.
Stacey Allerton
Patient Advocate
Compassionate Co-Design
Thank you to Natasha Doherty for a kind and compassionate session co-designing the McGrath Foundation model of nursing care for all cancers!
Cathy Baynie
Practice Consultant & Past President AAPM
Highly Recommend Co.Design4All
I highly recommend this resource as the necessary tool that will support and foster the needs of all stakeholders in the co-design process. Tracey and Nat have an in depth and lived understanding of what is required for a successful outcome. Their skills in working with groups and inspiring others are second to none.
Cathy Baynie, Registered Nurse. Practice Consultant & Past President AAPM (Australian Assoc of Practice Managers) Manager Advocacy and Health Workforce
Michele Smith
Australasian College of Dermatology
Excellent Co-Design – resounding success
The “Excellent Co-Design” training by Tracey Johnson and Natasha Doherty has been a resounding success. It not only enriched the skill set of the WNSW PHN Primary Care team but also instilled a culture of collaboration and innovation that will propel the PHN’s mission to improve primary health outcomes.
Freddy Ortega
WNSW PHN Primary Care Team
Transformative, Comprehensive Training
The “Excellent Co-Design” training, expertly delivered by Tracey Johnson and Natasha Doherty, has been transformative for the WNSW PHN Primary Care Team. This comprehensive training has equipped the team with vital skills in community engagement, service innovation, and program implementation—key components for addressing complex primary care challenges, especially in rural and remote contexts
Tracey Silvester
Executive Officer ACHSM
Quality Tools & Resources
Tracey Johnson is a master at understanding the complexities in which health services operate, an understanding that is reflected in the quality of the codesign tools and resources that have been developed. I am confident that these attributes and Tracey’s commitment to making a difference will make the Co.Design4All website a valuable resource for all users.
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CO.DESIGN4ALL Founders
The team behind Co.Design4All are accomplished leaders with decades of experience in health and social services.
Their shared commitment to enabling others and improving community outcomes underpins their co-design work as change agents, facilitators, and social impact pioneers.
Natasha Doherty
Natasha has over 20 years experience in providing strategic and operational advice to Government, for purpose organisations and private clients in the health and social services sector.
She has leveraged this experience to develop Co.Design4All. The toolkit reflects the experience and knowledge built across many projects and in many different settings.
She has seen the impact that genuine involvement of community can have to improve ownership of an initiative or program and the outcomes that result in a community and for individuals.
Natasha wants all organisations to realise the power of solid co.design and the extraordinary impact it can have.
Natasha has worked in health, homelessness, child protection, youth justice, domestic and family violence, community development and many other areas. Delivering evaluation, economic analysis, business cases, developed and tested funding models and social impact.
Natasha is also the CEO of Ethicol, a consulting business delivering value-driven services to support clients.
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Tracey has been CEO of Inala Primary Care, a charitable, award-winning general practice in Queensland’s most disadvantaged suburban location for more than 10 years. She has facilitated projects with local stakeholders to generate new models of care, developed the business cases for change, pitched for funding, created shared governance models and evaluated outcomes whilst managing the conflict which can arise between parties.
Tracey’s has a background in product development in the medical technology sector and industry development. Pair those experiences with stints working in regional economic development early in her career and she brings to a room many experiences of working with groups to solve complex problems and design new services or solutions.
Enabling everyone to be their best every day is Tracey’s motto. This has led to devotion to developing practical training programs, useful workplace tools and facilitation which cuts through organisational politics. She is a change agent, mentor, problem solver and energiser with credibility to convince even reluctant participants to engage in collaborative working and co-design.
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CO.DESIGN4ALL IN ACTION
Case Study: Health Equity Coalition
Natasha and Tracey assembled a coalition of six not for profit health and social care providers in Brisbane. Each delivered some medical services amongst their other service offerings. Each organisation served a marginalised or disadvantaged community. Every organisation was under-funded for that task.
Through building relationships the Health Equity Coalition emerged. After pitching for government funding to enable collaboration to formulate a business case, $100K was used to co-design a model of care inspired by international best practice and Australian innovators.
Through a series of workshops and meetings the group developed a policy paper and a business case for change. The pitch was underpinned by sharing funding, staffing, data, evaluation models and joint access to a large pool for rebuilding infrastructure.
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INSPIRED TO COLLABORATE?
Join the Co.Design4All Team
Co-design is a rapidly evolving field. We are frequently asked to train organisations in how to do co-design. Our toolkit is deployed within organisations as the reference for how to undertake co-design projects. We mentor their teams and support other co-design practitioners improve their skills.
We are keen to expand our team to include those with experience doing co-design in the mining, resources, infrastructure and property sectors where interest is rising. We would love to hear from those inside and outside of Australia where we are based.
We are on a mission to make co-design commonplace. We are writing a book as the next chapter in equipping others. If you have a great case study or share our passion please reach out.
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Accelerate your co-design journey and join a community of leaders, practitioners and community advocates who are making a positive impact on their initiatives with the Co.Design4All framework.
