Case studies
Nicole Hunter
CASE STUDY: NORTH WESTERN MELBOURNE PRIMARY ...

Improving access to primary health care for multicultural communities was the focus of the North West Melbourne Primary Health Network (NWMPHN) community panel. Supported by an innovative AI tool, the panel developed practical recommendations and funding ideas for NWMPHN’s federal submission. This process highlighted the importance of genuine community involvement and continues to inform NWMPHN’s place-based health initiatives, showing that addressing barriers to care requires more than policy.

CASE STUDY: NORTH WESTERN MELBOURNE PRIMARY HEALTH NETWORK
Case studies
Nicole Hunter
CASE STUDY: DAMBIMANGARI ABORIGINAL CORPORATION

MosaicLab and Dambimangari Aboriginal Corporation co-designed a Code of Conduct training that brought values to life. Over a day and a half, staff explored ethics and workplace behaviour through real-life scenarios, cultural storytelling, and hands-on activities - then shaped the Code in their own words, images, and symbols. The process built clarity, connection, and confidence - and ensured the team has a Code that’s lived, not just learned.

CASE STUDY: DAMBIMANGARI ABORIGINAL CORPORATION
Meet MosaicLab
Nicole Hunter
INSIDE MOSAICLAB

We don’t just facilitate conversations - we design them with purpose, strategy, and care. In under three minutes, our new video lifts the lid on what really happens behind the scenes at MosaicLab. It’s not just about what we do, but how and why we do it - and what makes our work different. Come take a look - this time, we’re the story.

INSIDE MOSAICLAB
ML Giving
Nicole Hunter
LET'S WORK TOGETHER - FOR FREE!

Have a challenging issue to tackle but lack the resources for meaningful engagement? ML Giving is MosaicLab’s not-for-profit division and we’re here to help. We support emerging and under-served communities in fostering deeper conversations that drive real change. We believe everyone deserves a voice in shaping their communities. Learn how you can apply to work with us.

LET'S WORK TOGETHER - FOR FREE!
Case studies
Nicole Hunter
CASE STUDY: NATIONAL MODEL FOR SPIRITUAL CARE ...

How do you bring stakeholders from across Australia together to shift how spiritual health is embedded in our healthcare system? MosaicLab partnered with the Spiritual Health Association to design and facilitate an engagement process that helped shape the country’s first National Model for Spiritual Care in Health. The model was piloted in 21 hospitals and health services, including a national health service. After the pilot, sites conducted audits to assess its impact on spiritual care, staff awareness, and patient experiences. The results were published in an evaluation report released in late 2024, offering key insights from this national initiative.

CASE STUDY: NATIONAL MODEL FOR SPIRITUAL CARE IN HEALTH
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SUPPORTING CONVERSATIONS WHERE THEY'RE NEEDED MOST

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SUPPORTING CONVERSATIONS WHERE THEY'RE NEEDED MOST

We believe in supporting emerging and underserved people and communities to have deeper conversations that lead to stronger democracies. ML Giving is the new name of the not-for-profit part of MosaicLab - a banner for the work we do that gives back. We’re focussing on furthering community inclusion and action beyond just getting input and instead moving into enabling local decision-making. Explore the principles ML Giving will operate under, and the kind of projects and conversations we’re supporting.

EMPOWERING REFUGEE WOMEN THROUGH PLANNING

EMPOWERING REFUGEE WOMEN THROUGH PLANNING

We’re very thankful to be in a position to do meaningful work every day. Sometimes an opportunity comes our way that is extra special and this project to empower refugee women to build connections, confidence and a business plan for a new food focused initiative fit that description. As as the first official project under our ML Giving banner, we invested our time pro-bono to support this conversation, that was filled with learnings, challenges and a whole lot of positive impact.

CASE STUDY: Jemena

CASE STUDY: Jemena

Jemena Electricity Network has been implementing a comprehensive engagement program for the organisation's 2026-2031 Regulatory Proposal, employing a multi-dimensional approach to allow customers direct influence over proposed future pricing and services. MosaicLab codesigned and lead the facilitation of the process, that included a deliberative panel and brings diverse customer, stakeholder, and industry perspectives into the decision-making process.

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LEARN FOR FREE & UNLOCK THE POWER OF QUALITY QUESTIONS

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LEARN FOR FREE & UNLOCK THE POWER OF QUALITY QUESTIONS

Elevate your engagement on every level by asking the right questions! Learn how to cut through the complexity, guide participants to think deeply and ensure diverse people can contribute meaningfully. Quality questions equal quality outcomes. Join us on Thursday May 23 at our FREE Lunch and Learn webinar for tips and skills you can use every time you plan for engagement.

CASE STUDY: AUSGRID VOICE OF COMMUNITY PANEL

CASE STUDY: AUSGRID VOICE OF COMMUNITY PANEL

As part of the development of Ausgrid's 2024-2029 regulatory submission, two randomly selected customer panels deliberated over a collective 10 full days. The panels, facilitated by MosaicLab and Gauge Consulting, considered how Ausgrid should look to the future while remaining fair to customers today. Ausgrid's three-year engagement process allowed customers to influence what Ausgrid spends customers money on, giving them a rare insight and influence over the cost of electricity, an issue that directly impacts the lives of everyday people.

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WHEN DELIBERATION GOES WRONG: POWER

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WHEN DELIBERATION GOES WRONG: POWER

Power is always at play and often in surprising and unexpected ways. It’s your job as a project manager, leader, facilitator or engagement professional to notice and foresee power problems, address and prevent power imbalance and protect the integrity of your engagement process. In this deliberation disaster we let you know where power issues tend to lie, what you can do about them, and what your role is in tackling them. 

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AI-WESOME OR AI-NTIMIDATING?

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AI-WESOME OR AI-NTIMIDATING?

AI is both wonderfully amazing and exciting and fun, and worrying, overwhelming and scary…..and it’s coming towards us at a pace that our brains are finding hard to reconcile. In this article we’re exploring some of what’s coming up for us so far around using AI. Including how our natural, human biases are coming into play, the risks and opportunities we’re identifying and the three key principles we see as critical going forward.  

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STANDING PANELS: A DIFFERENT FORM OF DELIBERATION

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STANDING PANELS: A DIFFERENT FORM OF DELIBERATION

Have you heard about standing panels? They’re a form of deliberative engagement that can be super effective, particularly if you have a lot of different issues and topics you need to engage your community around. They’re also a really cool way of embedding deliberative practice in decision-making. Plus, they’re already happening in Australia. We’ve got the lowdown on what they are, the key considerations in planning for them and some snapshots of the two ongoing standing panels we’re facilitating in the local government realm.

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WHEN DELIBERATION GOES WRONG: COMMUNICATION

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WHEN DELIBERATION GOES WRONG: COMMUNICATION

Deliberative engagement aims to build trusted decisions. That’s only achievable if the people impacted by the outcome have access to information about the process. This isn’t as easy as telling your communication team to send out a media release or publishing a few social posts telling your community the panel or jury is happening. Your communication approach needs to be thoughtfully planned, aligning communication and engagement efforts and ensuring deliberative principles aren’t compromised.

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CONFLICT AHEAD? 3 BIGGEST MISTAKES AND WHAT TO DO INSTEAD

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CONFLICT AHEAD? 3 BIGGEST MISTAKES AND WHAT TO DO INSTEAD

Conflict - generally feared and constantly mismanaged, it’s one of the biggest challenges you will face in engagement. It’s also the most common challenge our subscribers submit to us. If you anticipate conflict, outrage or emotion ahead, this article is for you. Inside - how to avoid the three biggest errors we see made (and they are made a lot) and some simple, yet effective things you can do instead to navigate the situation instead of making it worse.