Creating Gloriously Ordinary Lives
through
Gloriously Ordinary Co-production
“Co-production is a different imagining of the world we know”
Edgar Cahn
Co-production isn't extra work.
It is the work.
Gloriously Ordinary Co-production is a different way of thinking about people, power and relationships. Inspired by Edgar Cahn, we help organisations move beyond involvement, engagement and service improvement to create the conditions for Gloriously Ordinary Lives.
Why Gloriously Ordinary Co-production matters
Everywhere we go, people tell us they are "doing co-production".
Writing strategies
Recruiting co-production leads
Running engagement events
Setting up boards
For us, co-production is not another meeting, another strategy, or something else to do. Edgar Cahn described co-production as "a different imagining of the world we know” and we agree. We think that co-production is a different way of being, and it’s this thinking that we’ve brought back through Gloriously Ordinary Co-production.
What makes us different?
Instead of asking…
“How do we do more co-production?”
…we ask...
What does it take for all of us to live Gloriously Ordinary Lives?
How do we remember that everyone has something to offer?
How do we stop expecting people to doing something for nothing?
How do we stop doing things to those needy people and remember that we need each other?
How can we stop making excuses and just crack on?
We’re not into bureaucratic processes or lengthy checklists, so we’ve come up with Two Bottom Lines and Four Tests to keep co-production real, inclusive and human… or you could say Gloriously Ordinary!
An Introduction
What is Gloriously Ordinary Co-production?
Tricia and Bryony explain.