Leander Kreltszheim
Leander is a social designer whose career focus is using her personal strengths and skills to improve the lives of others. She currently works as Service Design Advisor for Mission Australia, a national not-for-profit organisation that strives to reduce homelessness and strengthen communities across Australia.
A founder and facilitator of Melbourne’s ‘Innovation in Not-for-profit’ network, Leander is a connector of people, a seer of patterns, an asker of unique questions and likes testing new ideas where she observes gaps and opportunities. She is also a member of Service Design Melbourne’s ‘Design and Ethics’ committee which encourages discourse about the role of ethics in our evolving design practices.
Leander is currently completing her final semester in the Masters of Design Futures (RMIT University). Her research interests include exploring the role of intuition within the design process and her presentation at Design Leadership 2020 is based on her research with ‘quiet’ design leaders to better understand the culture and climate required for them to thrive.