Clients & collaborators

As a researcher and freelance consultant on design for behaviour change, Dan Lockton has worked with a range of organisations, and brings this experience to Requisite Variety:

Commercial clients & collaborators
Philips Research, EindhovenWorkshop run for R&D staff; invited presentation2011
More AssociatesCommissioned state-of-art research; partners on EMPOWER project2010-date
ClearleftWorkshops run for UX London and dConstruct2010-date
IDEO LondonWorkshop run in conjunction with RSA2009
Plus invited talks for Foviance, Engine, EMC Consulting and QinetiQ (2009-2011)
Public sector & non-profit clients & collaborators
Design CouncilInvited to take part in expert workshop on using design to reduce violence and aggression in A&E2011
West Sussex County CouncilConsultancy and workshop on building local authority behaviour change expertise (with Ripple PRD & The Hunting Dynasty)2010-2011
Department of Energy & Climate ChangeEthnographic research on energy use and mental models, for EMPOWER project2010-date
Technology Strategy BoardSponsors on EMPOWER project2010-date
Modern Built Environment Knowledge Transfer NetworkInvited participation in User Behaviour group, including running exercise at Changing User Behaviour in Buildings event2010-date
Institute for GovernmentInvited participation in informal Behaviour Change network, discussing issues such as influencing reduced alcohol consumption2010-date
Global GenerationAs part of Good for Nothing hackday, helped this sustainable food-focused youth charity develop its social media use2010
Sing LondonAdvice on Bin Thinking project on littering behaviour change2010-date
Brighton & Sussex University Hospitals NHS TrustWorkshop run for hospital staff, on using design and choice architecture to influence a range of behaviours for safety and productivity2010
Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & CommerceInvited to help develop design for behaviour change briefs for 2009-10 Design Directions student competition; participation in RSA seminar on applying ingenuity to 21st century problems, 2010; workshops run at IDEO and RSA for the National Policing Improvement Agency, on using design to increase public engagement with the police2009-2010
National Policing Improvement AgencyWorkshops run at IDEO and RSA for the National Policing Improvement Agency, on using design to increase public engagement with the police2009
UFI LearndirectInvited presentation on Design with Intent to staff, including exercise on reducing drop-out rate of online learning system2009
Academic clients & collaborators
NTNU (Norwegian University of Science and Technology), TrondheimWorkshop on Design with Intent for Sustainable Product Design students2011
Judge Business School, University of CambridgePresentation on Design with Intent for MPhil Technology Policy course2011
Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design, LondonVisiting practitioner: invited presentation to graphic design students and discussion on design for behaviour change2010-date
Copenhagen Institute of Interaction DesignInvited presentation to design students and discussion on design for behaviour change2010
Stanford University Persuasive Technology LabWorkshop run for Stanford PT Lab at Persuasive 2010, Copenhagen: ‘Design with Intent: Using Design Patterns to Develop New Persuasive Technology Applications’.2010
3TU Federation (TU Delft, University of Twente, TU Eindhoven), NetherlandsPresentation and workshop for the Design for Usability project2010
University of WarwickPartners on EMPOWER project, including collaboration on ethnography and participatory design phases2010-date
Howest, West-VlaanderenInvited presentations at Design for Persuasion in 2009 and 20102009-2010
University of SouthamptonAcademic collaboration with Professor Neville Stanton, Transportation Research Group2008-date
Brunel University, LondonMember of Cleaner Electronics Research Group, Brunel Design, for PhD studies, supervised by Professor David Harrison, and as research assistant for EMPOWER project; workshops and presentations for under- and postgraduate design students2007-date
Organisations which have bought the Design with Intent toolkit for their own use include: BBC, XPLANE Corp, Cooper, Philips Research, Futerra, EDF R&D, BSRIA, EMC Consulting, Rattle Research, CBS Interactive, Fox, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, Bayer Healthcare, European Bioinformatics Institute, Optimal Usability, Epicenter Consulting, Box UK, Cooler Solutions, JustGiving and Ecodesign Centre Wales. It's also in use by a number of educational institutions worldwide to teach courses in interaction design, product design, ecodesign and technology policy.