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How do you get societal – as well as economic – value out of technological innovation?
I was honoured to be invited to host a ‘cafe conversation’ at this year’s CSCLeaders event in Edinburgh last week with HRH Princess Anne and eighteen senior Commonwealth Leaders. The Commonwealth Study Conference is global leadership programme for exceptional senior leaders selected … Continue reading
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Design Definitions
I’m doing some definitions for a new Design Encyclopedia to be published later in the year – any comments, suggestions welcome. Archetype An archetype is a descriptor of a person or object which describes fundamentals of behaviours or form. Plato … Continue reading
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Service Design Network Global Conference 2013
Mike and I ran a RIP+MIX workshop at the Service Design Network Global Conference in Cardiff in November. We had a fantastic group of around 40 people who not only tried out the technique, but helped us think about how it can … Continue reading
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Creativity in Public services
I’ll be giving a keynote at the annual conference of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance Accountants (CIPFA) on Wednesday in Belfast. The conference theme is Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained. I’ll be talking about Creativity in Public Services: how using the designer’s … Continue reading
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Kist Project at Praxis and Poetics
I Gave a presentation on the KIST project we have been working on with the Children’s Hospice Association Scotland (CHAS) entitled Fabric Fobs and Family Ties last week as part of the Praxis and Poetics event organised by Northumbria University at … Continue reading
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Hacking Work: Breaking Stupid Rules for Smart Results
Just discovered my notes for this from Jensen and Klein’s book Hacking Work: Breaking Stupid Rules for Smart Results. A few useful things to remember when you are trying to keep on top of things. Your employer is generally interested in … Continue reading
Developing Creativity within finance professionals
Are we in fact naturally creative and can we learn to be more creative? Hazel White, Course Director, Jordanstone College of Art and Design, believes that anyone can learn to be creative through the application of design methodology. I’m planning … Continue reading
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Horizon Scanning
I’ll be in Nottingham next week giving a lecture as part of the intriguingly named Horizon Scanning Lecture Series, for MA/MSc Smart Design & MA Product Futures Lecture series at Nottingham Trent University. This is the blurb: Hazel White develops products and … Continue reading
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BBC R&D Internet of Things
Quick notes on the BBC R&D unconference event in early November. The purpose of the event was: to share ideas and capture thoughts about ‘playful’ IoT futures to advance IoT thinking in new domains like media, entertainment, storytelling, games and toys. … Continue reading
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Dredd to Hope
When the first Judge Dredd film, starring Sylvester Stallone was in production, I was working for London prop-maker Martin Adams – I band sawed out the formers for the armour, cast and engraved the epaulettes, and did the polishing strategy … Continue reading
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