Powers of Ten Updated
The BBC and Open University have created an updated version of the famous Eames’ Powers of Ten film from which my podcast gets its name. It’s …
Doctor's Note
A mix of essays and commentary about design, innovation, technology, society, coaching, personal and leadership development. Since 1996.
Your product is probably a service and why that matters
Product design has had a meteoric rise in the last decade, but most digital “products” are actually services and that slippage of meaning has …
Announcing my online courses
I’ve taught offline and online courses in design & innovation for many years, but when the pandemic hit and everyone suddenly went online I decided to …
Output is Input
There may be people out there who conceive of ideas in crisp, clean sentences and can deliver them as if they are reading off a mental autocue. I am not one of …
Smalltalk
Smalltalk gets a bad name. As an Englishman living in Germany, I often experience a lack of smalltalk – it really seems to be perceived as something redundant. …
Design Leadership Masterclass
I’ll be giving a masterclass at the Design Leadership program from Echos Innovation Lab starting on July 12th. My session is all about design leadership …
Your time is a non-renewable resource
I wrote a short thought over on LinkedIn based on a conversation with a coachee, who was worried she wasn’t doing enough at work (she was doing more than …
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