Vision 2020: Criteria for reMAKING

Transformation is already here. No longer are we fighting to convince people that an alternative to business as usual is possible. We’ve already shown we can change everything. Suddenly it’s a race to determine what the post-pandemic world looks like: to develop big ideas and solutions for wicked problems as we try to ensure a greater sense of connection, fairness, security and sustainability shape this brave new world for the better.

It’s time to reMAKE. But how do we know if the big ideas we’re considering embed lasting transformation, rather than tokenistic change? How can we tell if we’re effectively changing systems, rather than just treating symptoms? What might some criteria look like as we wrestle, negotiate and socialise bold thinking for what comes next? How can we have the confidence that we need to throw everything we can at creating the world we want?

The Recovery Begins Now is a longer article from Australia reMADE that explores these questions. Below, we’ve excerpted and summarised some key ideas for easy reference. Feel free to pilfer, plagiarise, utilise and share. Not every solution you propose will tick every box, and that’s fine. These frameworks are intended as a prompt. Think scaffolding, not straitjacket.

May 2020

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Criteria for transformation

1. Transformative Ideas come from clear vision and strong values for a good society.

Vision for an Australia reMADE: The country we work towards is one with a vibrant First Nations’ Heart, a thriving natural world for now and the future, an economy for the people, a society where all contributions count and every job has dignity, a diversity of people living side by side in flourishing communities, a new dawn for women, and a thriving democracy that acts as a proud contributor to a just world.  Read the full vision and use its language as much as you can.

A more detailed version of these values can be found at here.

2. Transformative Ideas go to root causes, by leveraging key drivers of change.

Think of these as some key levers that we can pull, through any number of policies or initiatives. They are partly a response to 50 years of neoliberalism, but are deeply rooted in the vision and values of an Australia reMADE.

3. Transformational Ideas in a nutshell have these features.

For more details, including examples of how this can be applied, please see the original article.