Growth Coaching International and CCSolutions offer Peer Coaching, Leadership Coaching, Leadership Development and Instructional Coaching to schools and organisations in Perth, Western Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Darwin, Northern Territory.

Design Thinking and Implementation

Design Thinking and Implementation

Our Approach

At CCSolutions, we partner with schools and organisations to turn ideas into meaningful, sustainable impact. Our approach blends proven frameworks with practical strategies, grounded in five guiding principles:

  • Appreciative Inquiry – We start with strengths, uncovering what’s already working and amplifying it to create momentum for change.

  • Systems Thinking – We see schools as complex systems and design solutions that align with the bigger picture—across classrooms, communities, and wider strategic initiatives.

  • Empowerment – We work with people, not for them. By building confidence, capability, and ownership, we create long-term results that last beyond our involvement.

  • Human-Centred Design – We keep people at the heart of our work, ensuring solutions reflect the real needs, experiences, and culture of each school community.

  • Praxis – We bridge theory and practice, tailoring evidence-based approaches into locally relevant strategies that work in real-world contexts.

A diagram with five overlapping green circles, each labeled 'APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY,' 'SYSTEMS THINKING,' 'EMPOWERMENT,' 'HUMAN-CENTRED DESIGN,' and 'PRAXIS,' surrounding a central logo with a lowercase 'e' and dotted circle.

Our Methodology

Our Design-Thinking and Implementation Process is adapted from The Stanford d.school model and enhanced with solutions-focused coaching. It moves through cycles of:

  • Empathise – understanding people’s needs and perspectives,

  • Dream – envisioning bold outcomes,

  • Define – setting clear, tangible goals,

  • Ideate–Operate–Test – developing, trialling, and refining strategies in action.

We acknowledge the unpredictable “Ant Country” that comes with implementation, and we support stakeholders to navigate it with confidence, reducing complexity as progress is made.

This iterative approach ensures initiatives are not only innovative and evidence-based, but also practical, locally relevant, and sustainable.

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This framework outlines a practical, step-by-step approach that organisations and teams can use to design, test, and implement new ideas. Each stage helps stakeholders clarify needs, imagine possibilities, develop solutions, and take action in a way that is collaborative, iterative, and adaptable across a wide range of projects and contexts.

A table comparing six core questions related to different levels of innovation and problem-solving, including Emphasize, Dream, Define, Ideate, Operate, Test, and 'Ant Country,' with descriptions and guiding questions for each.

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