SydDT #104: Inclusive Design with Manisha Amin, Shaheen & Mariane Power

We're lucky to have Manisha Amin, Shaheen, and Mariane Power leading a conversation on what inclusive design is – and isn’t – and the business case for designing for everyone.

Come join us for some fun conversations with interesting people in and around the design community. New members are welcome!

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SPEAKER
Dr Manisha Amin
CEO, Inclusive Design Collective (IDCo.)
Manisha is an innovation leader and cultural and social change champion, focused on helping organisations harness the power of thinking from the edge. She's the founder of Inclusive Design Collective (IDCo.), a social enterprise bringing together leaders in inclusive design for greater good. IDCo. specialises in co-designed facilitation, systems change, and tech for good.

Prior to creating Inclusive Design Collective, she was the presenter of podcast With, Not For and CEO of the Centre for Inclusive Design (CfID), Australia’s first inclusive design focused charity helping companies to build and design products, services, and policies that are inclusive, valuable, and usable for as many people as possible.

Manisha is passionate about social justice and business growth, and believes that when we combine the two, we get gold.

Manisha worked in innovation, design, environmental advocacy, and non-profits including Barnardos, Cancer Council, and Guide Dogs Australia. She's on the Board of Diversity Council Australia, Bambuddha, Nautanki Theatre, and is a published novelist and an Adjunct Professor at Curtin University with a focus on Inclusive Design. She identifies as a neurospicy person of colour.

Shaheen
Founder and Learning Designer, Ta'leem Consulting
Shaheen has over 13 years experience in designing learning and leadership programs, with a focus on inclusion. With an academic background in learning design, design thinking, and social impact, she brings all her expertise together in creating safe spaces to drive impact and change.

Her work is the winner of several prestigious awards like Brandon Hall. Ta'leem Consulting leverages this expertise to create accessible and inclusive change for equitable impact.

Mariane Power
Co-Founder and CEO, The Posify Group
Mariane is a clinical psychologist and neurodiversity specialist committed to advancing the personal and professional capabilities of neurodivergent individuals.

Her clinical expertise alongside her lived-experience of ADHD makes her a sought after speaker for organisations looking to integrate inclusive design principles with neuroscience and performance psychology to uncover and develop the potential of their diverse teams.

Awarded WorldClass Education Top Innovator by Uplink and Deloitte Global, Mariane is also author of The IMPACT Mindset Theory, co-founder of The Posify Group - a social enterprise supporting positive youth development, and host of Classroom 5.0, a podcast exploring the future of work, learning, and leadership.

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