Julian Simpson - the life of a screenwriter and director
My guest in this episode is Julian Simpson, a London-based writer and director who has worked in film, TV and audio for the past 25 years. He made his …
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Hansi Singh - AI-accelerated environmental forecasts
My guest today comes from a very different field to design. Dr Hansi Singh is a former Professor of physical climate science, University of Victoria. A US …
Indi Young — Mental Models and Thinking Styles
My guest in this episode is Indi Young, a solution strategist who uses purpose-focused qualitative data science. She created her method over a 30-year span, and …
Oliver Reichenstein - Keeping it real when writing with AI
While every app rushes to add an AI assistant, iA Writer’s Oliver Reichenstein asks, “Why should I bother reading what you haven’t …
Jaimes Nel - Do design frameworks lead to boring products and services?
Has the product and design obsession with frameworks and process led to everyone working on autopilot, churning out a bland monoculture of design? When are they …
Peter Merholz - State of the Design Nation
My guest in this episode is Peter Merholz. We talked about the state of the design nation, the burst bubble of the Cambrian explosion of design from the last …
Linn Vizard — Service Design for Real World Outcomes
My guest in this episode is Linn Vizard, one of Canada’s leading advocates of service design who co-founded Service Design Toronto in 2013. She’s the …
Aparna Rae – Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Requires Deep Structural Change
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in the workplace requires data, but also deep structural change and the most powerful lever is transparency, argues my guest, …
Sara Wachter-Boettcher – Breaking the Gaslighting Cycle of People Pleasing & Overwork
In this episode I’m joined by Sara Wachter-Boettcher, an author, speaker, coach and strategist dedicated to changing design and tech for good. If you are …
Alison Coward - Workshop Culture
This episode’s guest is Alison Coward, a strategist, workshop facilitator, coach, and an author with 20 years’ experience in leading creative teams. …
Kate Tarling - The Service Organization
My guest in this episode is Kate Tarling, a service leader and specialist who helps large organisations create successful services, by changing their working …
Pierce Otlhogile-Gordon – The Space Between Transformation and Liberation
My guest in this episode is Dr Pierce Otlhogile-Gordon, known as Doctor OG, an innovation catalyst, researcher, facilitator, and evaluator, based in Botswana. …
Sheryl Cababa – Systems Thinking for Designers
My guest in this episode is Sheryl Cababa, author of Closing the Loop: Systems Thinking for Designers. Sheryl is a design researcher and strategist, and is the …
Alex Schmidt – Deliberate Intervention
My guest in this episode is Alex Schmidt, author of Deliberate Intervention: Using Policy and Design to Blunt the Harms of New Technology published by Rosenfeld …
Abby Covert - Stuck? Diagrams Help
My guest in this episode is the wonderful Abby Covert, an author, teacher and community leader in the field of information architecture who aims to make …
Natalie Dunbar - from solo to scaled
My guest in this episode is Natalie Dunbar, UX-focused content strategist with a unique blend of skills as a journalist, content writer, and user experience …
Jason Mesut - Shaping Design
My guest in this episode is Jason Mesut who many know from IXDA conferences and his writing on Medium, particularly Shaping Design. Here we talk about …
Joff Outlaw - The Art of Engagement
My guest today is my friend and ex-colleague, Joff Outlaw, Managing Director of DesignIt for Australia and New Zealand, having taken over from Katja Forbes who …
KA McKercher - Beyond Sticky Notes
My guest in this episode is KA McKercher, a designer and writer living on Aboriginal land in Australia. They have over 10 years experience leading social …
Seb Chan - Looking Backwards to the Future
My guest today in this episode is Seb Chan, Chief Experience Officer at ACMI - the Australian Centre for the Moving Image in Melbourne - championing human …
Thejus Chakravarthy – Make Work Suck Less
My guest in this episode is Thejus Chakravarthy, an operational consultant that focuses on people, process, and technology, in that order. Currently, he says he …
Teresa Torres – Continuous Discovery Habits
My guest in this episode is Teresa Torres, an internationally acclaimed author, speaker, and coach. She teaches a structured and sustainable approach to …
Jorge Arango – Information Gardens
My guest in this episode is Jorge Arango, a consultant, author, speaker, and educator and host of The Informed Life, a podcast that explores how people organize …
Nir Hindi - The Art Mindset for Business
My guest today is Nir Hindi, founder of The Artian – a transdisciplinary training company committed to nurturing an artistic mindset in the business environment …
Tutti Taygerly - Make Space to Lead
My guest this week is Tutti Taygerly, returning to the show for a second time. Tutti is an executive leadership coach and professional speaker. She supports …
Donna Spencer - Presenting Design Work
My guest in this episode is Donna Spencer, an independent design consultant with 20-plus years of experience across the entire design spectrum – from strategy …
Alla Weinberg - Building A Culture of Safety
My guest in this episode is Alla Weinberg, the CEO of Spoke & Wheel, a learning, leadership and people development company. She is a workplace relationship …
Nikola Tosic - Open Innovation
My guest in this episode is Nikola Tosic, the founder of openinnovation.me - a social media platform which connects brands and experts in open innovation. He is …
Dan Szuc - Making Meaningful Work
My guest in this episode is Daniel Szuc, co-founder and principal at Apogee and co-founder of Make Meaningful Work, as well as the co-founder of UX Hong Kong. …
Katja Forbes - The Journey Into Design Leadership
My guest in this episode is Katja Forbes, Managing Director of Designit, Australia & New Zealand. Katja is also on the Global Board of the Interaction …
Ariba Jahan - Diversity, Assumptioms and Structural Change
My guest in this episode is Ariba Jahan – also known as আরিবা – a biomechanical engineer turned innovation and design strategist focused on creating social …
Udhaya Padmanabhan - International man of design ops
My guest in this episode is Udhaya Kumar Padmanabhan – Udhay to his friends – a design leader, practitioner, coach, entrepreneur who has led design teams across …
Maurice Cherry – To Revision Path and beyond
My guest in this episode, recorded towards the end of 2020, is Maurice Cherry, founder and host of the award-winning Revision Path, a podcast that features …
Daniel Stillman – designing conversations
My guest in this episode is conversation designer, Daniel Stillman, author of “Good Talk - How to Design Conversations That Matter.” We talk about …
Denise Jacobs – Banishing your inner critic
My guest in this episode is speaker, author and creativity evangelist, Founder + CEO of The Creative Dose, Denise Jacobs. Denise has spoken in 23 countries …
Ryan Rumsey - Design Leadership and organisational transformation
My guest in this episode is Ryan Rumsey who has worked for 20+ years as an executive leader and a designer building technology, teams, and organizations. He has …
Dr James Hollis – finding meaning and purpose in life
In this episode it is an enormous treat and honour for me to have as my guest, Dr James Hollis, a Washington D.C. based Jungian psychoanalyst and the author of …
Chris Hayward – design anthropology, people, airports and toilets
My guest this episode is my friend, ex-colleague and coffee chat buddy, Chris Hayward. We’ve often had long, fascinating conversations that I wish we had …
Allati El Henson – treating design like it can change the world
My guest in this episode is brand strategist and design systems expert Allati El Henson who is currently Lead Brand Designer at Cloudflare. Allati recounts her …
Molly Wright Steenson - Architecture, computation, interaction design, AI and ethics
My guest in this episode is Molly Wright Steenson, a designer, author, professor, and international speaker whose work focuses on the intersection of design, …
Tanarra Schneider – Leader by Design, Badass by Nature
My guest in this episode is Tanarra Schneider, previously Managing Director of Fjord North America and now Head of Design for Accenture Interactive – Midwest. …
Alexandra Jamieson & Bob Gower – Radical Alignment
In this episode Alexandra Jamieson and Bob Gower talk about their new book, Radical Alignment, a book about difficult conversations and how they can change your …
Jim Kalbach - Jobs To Be Done
My guest in this episode is Jim Kalbach, an author, speaker, and instructor in design, customer experience, and strategy. Jim has worked with many large …
A new home for Power of Ten
After a couple of years of being on the This is HCD network, Power of Ten is going solo with the episodes at their new home here, on …
Tutti Taygerly – Design Leadership
In this episode Tutti Taygerly describes her own journey from an eclectic education to design leadership at Facebook and now design leadership coaching that …
Jeff Sussna – Services as a chain of promises
In this episode, Jeff Sussana, known for introducing the global DevOps community to the importance of empathy and author of Designing Delivery: Rethinking IT in …
Douglas Ferguson - Beyond the Prototype
In this episode, Douglas Ferguson talks about his book, Beyond the Prototype, which offers a six step plan for companies struggling with the shift from …
Senongo Akpem - Cross-Cultural Design
In this episode, Senongo Akpem talks about how living in constantly shifting cultural and physical spaces has given him unique insight into the influence of …
Lou Downe - Good Services
In this episode, Lou Downe, Director of Design and Transformation for the UK government, where they’re leading change in the UK’s housing sector, talks about …
Michael J. Metts & Andy Welfle – Writing Is Designing
In this episode Michael J. Metts and Andy Welfle discuss their new book, Writing Is Designing, and how important words are in making software human-centered and …
Scott Smith - How to Future
What better way to start the new year but with a look into the future? My guest in this episode is Scott Smith, founder and managing partner of Changeist …
Ewan McIntosh - Creating the Space for Learning
In this episode Ewan McIntosh, founder and CEO of NoTosh, shares his experience of designing and creating spaces to enhance learning. N.B. the old feed is no …
Theresa Neil - Designing Digital Therapeutics
In this episode my guest is Theresa Neil, author of Mobile Design Pattern Gallery, published by O’Reily and co-author of Designing Web Interfaces, also by …
Joe Macleod - Designing Closure Experiences
This episode’s guest is Joe Macleod. Joe has decades of product development experience across digital, physical and service sectors. Previously Head of …
Lisa Welchman - Managing Chaos
My guest in this episode is Lisa Welchman. Lisa has written and blogged for 16 years about digital governance and wrote the leading book on this critical …
Ariel Waldman - Hacking Science for Collaboration
This episode features Ariel Waldman. Ariel makes massively multiplayer science, creating an unusual collaboration that infuses serendipity into science and …
Gretchen Anderson - Mastering Collaboration
In this episode I speak with Gretchen Anderson. Gretchen consults with clients to inform their product strategy and improve team collaboration skills. She …
Leah Buley & Aarron Walter – InVision's Design Maturity Model
During my time at Fjord I co-wrote the last few Fjord Trends. In 2019 the meta-theme was ‘value’. I was excited to see that InVision, a company …
Anne Galloway - Speculative Design and Glass Slaughterhouses
In this episode I speak with Dr. Anne Galloway about speculative design, living with sheep, and how designers might re-consider their place in the world. N.B. …
Aaron Dignan - Brave New Work
In this episode, I speak with Aaron Dignan, founder of The Ready, about his his excellent book Brave New Work, the The OS Canvas and why organisations …
Jeff Gothelf - The cannonball effect
In this episode, I speak with Jeff Gothelf, co-author of Lean UX with Josh Seidenabout about their new book, Sense & Respond and why companies can’t …
Fjord Fika with Dave Gray
Fjord have recently started a podcast series called Fjord Fika, the Swedish word for slowing down and catching up with colleagues and friends over coffee and …
Core77 Broadcast interview with Troika
A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of interviewing Sebastien and Eva from Troika, the studio behind the Cloud and All The Time In The World installations at new …
Playful Revolutions Presentation
After my Flash on the Beach talk last year I promised to put the recordings online of my talk and the others that I had listened to. I completely didn’t …
Podcast interview with Jason Bruges
My latest Core77 Broadcast interview with Jason Bruges from Jason Bruges Studio is now online. In a slightly echoing room in Jason’s studio, accompanied …
Podcast Interview with Hector Serrano
My interview with Hector Serrano is now available on the Core77 Broadcasts page. My thanks to Hector for an entertaining chat about his playful and insightful …
Social Learning Masterclass
A few of weeks ago I presented at a Social Learning Masterclass at Northumbria University to an invite from Stephen Farrier from the e-Learning Innovations …
Fireside chat with Brendan Dawes
I promised to put online the chat I had with magneticNorth’s Creative Director, Brendan Dawes, from when we were at Flash On the Beach 07. I’ve been …
Podcast with Matt Clark from United Visual Artists
Following on from my last post about Hereafter, my podcast interview with Matt Clark from United Visual Artists is now online at Core77. We chat about a range …
Podcast of Creative Collaboration and The Future of Education
If you have been missing the sound of my voice (or have no idea what my faltering, mumbling sounds like) the podcast of my seminar at Urban Learning Space about …
Interview with Nik Roope from Hulger & Poke
My first Core77 Broadcast with Nik Roope about Hulger has just gone online. It should become one of a series of podcasts for Core77 and I’m really pleased …