Who Actually Gets a Seat at the Table?

About this episode

The episode explores the complexities of community input in the social impact sector with Taylor Stuckert.

The social impact sector has made community co-creation almost sacred. Design with people, not for them. Give everyone a voice. But what happens when the loudest voices aren't the most informed, and the planning process stalls because nobody can make a call? Taylor Stuckert, CEO of Lead for America, has lived this tension from every angle. Eric and Taylor dig into the question nobody in social impact wants to ask out loud: can too much community input actually be a problem? Episode Highligh...

People in this episode

Host: Eric Ressler

Guest: Taylor Stuckert

Topics covered

• community co-creation
• social impact
• design thinking
• community input
• decision making

Keywords

• social impact
• community co-creation
• design with people
• community input
• planning process

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Lead for America

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