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Bringing Design Closer

by Gerry Scullion · English · Arts & Books

Bringing Design into organisations is hardly ever straight forward. It comes with its own unique set of problems. We discuss with thought leaders around the world, what has worked for them in enabling a design revolution to occur. Within our podcast, we specifically ask how might Design impro

New episodes: Weekly
Typical length: 42 min
Latest: 20 Jul 2023
Language: English

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20 Jul 2023 · 38 min

Heather Hansen ‘Unmuted: Breaking Language Barriers and Redefining Communication in Organizations’

Hello and welcome to another episode of This is HCD. I'm delighted to have you with me for another cracking episode this time with Heather Hansen.. author of the book Unmuted a fantastic book for anyone practicing their craft in organisations who strive to improve comprehension, understanding and better and more effective use of language. As many of you will probably know, my name is Gerry Scullion and I'm a service designer based in Ireland. I offer service design training, user experience design training and also my Visualisation Methods for Change Makers course on my website and offer…

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E112 · 11 Jul 2023 · 51 min
Sarah Clearwater ‘The Intersection of Design and Leadership: Navigating the Journey’
Today on the show I speak with Sarah Clearwater about a Design Leadership white paper that she instigated and curated, speaking to many people across various organisations. Sarah's based in New Zealand, and I drill deeper into the background of the paper. Website: https://www.sarahclearwater.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahclearwater/?originalSubdomain=nz This is HCD Links Coaching and Mentoring https://www.thisishcd.com/coaching-mentoring-for-innovators-change-makers Video Courses Service Design :…
E111 · 15 Jun 2023 · 59 min
Florian Bailey 'Service Design Secrets: Elevating Michelin Dining'
Earlier this year, I attended a conference in Nuremberg called Teaming with AI, run by my good friends, Markus Edgar Hormess, Adam Lawrence from WorlPlayExperience and also today’s guest, Florian Bailey. The day before the event, myself and Florian spent some time together and hung out and explored the office where he was based. In passing, Florian mentioned he also was co-founder of Etz a 2-Star Michelin restaurant. I actually thought he was joking, but no, one of his businesses was the most incredible restaurant. The reason why I thought he was joking was, I’ve watched those documentaries…
E110 · 8 Jun 2023 · 1 hr 5 min
Neil Theise ‘Navigating Complexity'
Earlier this year, I read an article by one of my heroes, The Edge of U2 in The Guardian. The first item in his list of culture highlights, was the book of todays podcast guest, Neil Theise. Like me, The Edge managed to get an early copy of the book from Neil’s awesome publicist in New York, Nicole Dewey and he too joined the fan club for Notes on Complexity. I have become captivated about many of the leading authors on complexity, and was thrilled when Neil agreed to record with me, his first from within the Design world. I’ve been researching complexity for several months, and unpacking…
E109 · 25 May 2023 · 34 min
Justyna Turek ‘A fresh perspective:The Role of Human-Centered Design in Sustainability’
In this conversation I caught up Justyna Turek, founder of many businesses and based in Sweden. Justyna works most often with Next Agents and Change Pilots in Poland. We speak about the work that they have been focussed on for over a decade, sustainability and design. I wanted to explore how they got into it, as I know there are many people that I coach who are interested in this space, but maybe feel unsure on how to work more in this space. We all know the crisis that we face globally with global warming, so aligning to Earth Centered Design Principles is probably not a massive leap for…
E108 · 18 May 2023 · 42 min
Zoë Rose ‘Design Through Time: Unraveling the Evolution of Methodologies and Frameworks’
In this conversation I caught up with Zoe Rose, of Great Question in Australia. We spoke about the background and history of design methods, as far back as 1950. Zoe has a wealth of information on this topic, and proves to be a really fun and enjoyable exploration back in time… Links https://www.linkedin.com/in/zoerose/ http://greatquestion.com.au/ This is HCD Links Coaching and Mentoring https://www.thisishcd.com/coaching-mentoring-for-innovators-change-makers Video Courses Service Design :…
E107 · 16 May 2023 · 50 min
Manuel Lima ‘The New Designer: Pioneering Perspectives’
On Manuel Lima’s website, he mentions “a celebrated voice on UX design and data visualization who has spent the past 15 years leading design teams and building cutting-edge digital experiences at companies like Google, Codecademy, Microsoft, Nokia….”. His first three books were breathtakingly beautiful. If you like data and visualisations, then you are more than likely familiar with one or all of his books. A number of months ago, Manuel sent me an advance of his latest book, The New Designer and it instantly felt different. I could sense a sea change had occurred and in this conversation…
E106 · 11 May 2023 · 39 min
Frank Müeller ‘Revolutionising Work Spaces with Playmobil Pro: the Ultimate Tool for Creativity and Collaboration’
In this conversation I caught up Frank Mueller, of Playmobil Pro. Frank is Managing Director of GBI Global Business Innovation in Munich. We speak the incredible kit that I recently bought for the new Makers & Doers School that I have launched, which is a design school for children aged 6-12. We speak about how Playmobil works in the professional organisational capacity to help unlock conversations and visualise complexity. Watch this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Y13zvuo-Js This is HCD Links Coaching and Mentoring…
E105 · 3 May 2023 · 36 min
Emily Hamilton ‘Designing Second Chances: Breaking the Cycle
In this conversation I caught up Emily Hamilton, Senior Strategic Designer at Paper Giant in Australia. We speak about a project that Emily worked on recently that was related to recidivism and working with people who recently left a Justice facility. We speak about the project in detail, the methods used and outcomes achieved. Emily’s awesome, I know you will love this conversation. Learn more: https://www.papergiant.net/work Connect with Emily: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emily-hamilton-7a669094/?originalSubdomain=au This is HCD Links Coaching and Mentoring…
E104 · 27 Apr 2023 · 31 min
Scott Jenson ‘Part 2 of 2: Open Source Design Movement: How Designers can help change the game’
In this conversation I caught up with the second part to my conversation with Scott Jenson to explore how Designer can actively get more involved with the free and open source software movement. We speak more about why this is of such an interest to Scott, and he gives his awesome advice to others on how they can get involved. Listen to Episode 1: Listen to Scott Jenson 'From Apple, Symbian to Google - Exploring the World of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS)'Links from this episode; Open Source Job Postings Job Postings Youtube FOSSBack links #FOSSBack: Scott Jenson - Why is UX so hard to…
E103 · 25 Apr 2023 · 42 min
Darjan Hil ‘The Art of Visualising Complexity'
A number of months ago, I was researching for my keynote in Scotland in June this year, and I stumbled across the work of Superdot studio in Switzerland. I was blown away by all the amazing work that they had done and was thrilled to see that they were in the process of publishing their book, Visualising Complexity - A Modular Information Handbook. I purchased it and from the moment it arrived on my desk, it has not been too far away. I show it to people on Zoom calls and any of the trainings that I have been doing. I have recommended it to many of my peers. I feel so lucky to have this…
E102 · 20 Apr 2023 · 39 min
The Rise of the Autonomous Bus: A Look into the Future of Transit
In this episode I speak with Steven Russell, a service designer and now Innovation Manager at Stagecoach bus in the UK. We chat about autonomous buses - a project that Steven has been working on for quite some time. Now, no longer in the realms of movies like Back to the Future 2, it’s not too far away. How far I hear you ask? Well at some point this year, Edinburgh will hopefully become one of the first cities in the world to start rolling the service out in a R and D capacity. We chat about all the ins and outs about the process, and discuss what the service might look like, potential…
E101 · 18 Apr 2023 · 47 min
Dee Seaver 'The Broken Promise of Design Academia: A Call to Action'
Hello and welcome to Bringing Design Closer. Our goal is to have conversations that inspire and to help move the dial forward for organisations to become more human-centred in their approach to solving complex business and societal problems. In this episode I chat with Dee Seaver from Philips about the role of the Service Design function within organisations and the interconnectedness towards how academia prepares designers towards either agency or in-house practice. It may seem like a small nuance, but it’s a really interesting conversation to have and reflect. It’s a good episode and hope…
E100 · 27 Mar 2023 · 45 min
Oliver Weidlich 'Creating Immersive Experiences with Spatial Computing'
In this episode I caught up with Oliver Weidlich, of Contxtu.al Sydney, formerly known as Mobile Experience. I’ve met Oliver several times over the years whilst living in Sydney, always in passing, and never in detail, but was always hugely impressed when I saw him speak about Design, and here is no different. We focus our conversation on spatial computing, and get straight into the nitty gritty of what this is, and how it will radically change how we design services and experiences. We chat about the complexity of data ownership, and build on the conversation threads that myself and Scott…
E99 · 14 Mar 2023 · 50 min
Charlotte Fountaine ‘Service Designing a stigma-free and relevant mental health support to empower the LGBTQIA+ community to lead happier, healthier lives’
In this episode I caught up with Charlotte Fontaine, an incredible service designer in the UK. We speak about Kalda, a service that has really opened my eyes through my own naivety and in exposure to the needs of people within the LGBTQIA+ community. We chat about the nuances that persist for people from within the community to access therapy, and how Kalda offers a community led service that includes connecting people to therapists who can better relate to the needs from within the LGBTQIA+ community. I was quite nervous speaking about this topic, and I bring this up in the conversation,…
E98 · 9 Mar 2023 · 54 min
Roya Azadi ‘Improving Access to Justice at the Supreme Court’
In this episode I caught up with Roya Azadi, strategic director at Paper Giant, a design consultancy based in Melbourne, Australia. I follow a few places on my personal social accounts and really respect the work that the folks at Paper Giant do, and was really excited when I saw a project that they did with the Supreme Court in Victoria around accessing Justice. We chat about the project is detail, how Roya and the fellow team members built trust, worked alongside other consultancies, remained focussed on the analogue, and also what Roya brought to the project themselves, through their own…
E97 · 7 Mar 2023 · 37 min
Bronwyn Van Der Merwe ‘Exploring and Scaling Design Culture internationally at Fjord and now Culture Amp’
In this episode I caught up with Bronwyn Van Der Merwe, VP of Design at Culture Amp. We speak about Design Culture and tap into Bronwyn’s absolutely incredible background and personal experience that saw Bronwyn spearhead the evolution of Fjord in APAC regions. What were the key things that Bronwyn did to ensure the scalability of a design culture at Fjord in Australia, and also when it scaled into Asian regions like Singapore and Japan. How did they balance the local culture in each region and touch on how this was handled as the merger between Fjord and Accenture unfolded, that ultimately…
E96 · 28 Feb 2023 · 49 min
Melis Senova ‘Exploring what we mean by Design Character’
Hello and welcome to Bringing Design Closer. Our goal is to have conversations that inspire and to help move the dial forward for organisations to become more human-centred in their approach to solving complex business and societal problems. In this episode I speak with Melis Senova author of This Human and soon to be published book, Design Character. On Meliss' website they say “I help leaders find a deeper source to fuel their potential for leading others to have great impact in the world.” And we speak openly about Melis’s own journey of self-discovery and journey that has led her to a…
E95 · 23 Feb 2023 · 32 min
Hinrich von Haaren ‘Diving deep into Content Transformation’
In this episode I speak Hinrich von Haaren, Co-Founder of Content Design Academy at Content Design London and now author of Content Transformation - a fantastic book that no doubt will find its way into the hands of the UX and Service Design community over the coming months. It’s an awesome book and read and we chat about this exclusively in this episode. The book sets out to enable a content alpha to occur in businesses, how to go about this, including setting it up and all the way through to measurement. Hinrich is awesome and know you are going to enjoy this podcast - so let’s jump in…
E94 · 21 Feb 2023 · 53 min
Ben Reason ‘The Velocities of Change with Founder of LiveWork’
In this episode I speak with Ben Reason, Founding Partner of Live|Work in the UK. Ben has co-authored Service Design from Insight to Implementation and Service Design for Business: A Practical Guide to Optimizing the Customer Experience released in 2016. In this conversation we chat about a few things, but mainly around Ben’s own journey through Design, starting out in Liverpool in the mid-90’s and his entry into the world of Service Design later that decade. We chat about the work Live|Work do and also a new framework titled Three Velocities of Change - what this means, where it originated…
E93 · 9 Feb 2023 · 27 min
Emma Carpenter 'Exploring the craft of Service Design within South Africa'
I caught up with Emma Carpenter, Head of Design Experience and previously Group Director Fjord Johannesburg, Associate Director at Accenture Song. Emma had been introduced to me several months ago, as I was keen to speak to someone in consulting space inAfrica, to get a better understanding of the social and technical implications for designing services. I am aware the blind spot in this conversation of two white practitioners of Anglo origins talking about Design in Africa, but nevertheless, I found speaking to Emma to be absolutely brilliant.They cover off some of the cultural implications…
E92 · 7 Feb 2023 · 47 min
Amy Hupe ‘Design System Evolution’
I caught up with Amy Hupe, a content designer and design system consultant based in the UK. In this conversation we drill into what a Design System is and is not, and talk about the governance processes around managing Design Systems - leaning on Amy’s 7year experience whilst working at GDS in the UK and more. Amy is a total rockstar and I know you are going to love listening to her. 8 Feb - https://eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-design-systems-documentation-tickets-504817993207 15 Feb - https://eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-design-systems-documentation-tickets-504840249777 https://amyhupe.co.uk…
E91 · 16 Jan 2023 · 46 min
Karel Vredenburg 'The evolution of Design at IBM plus the Future of Design education'
I caught up with Karel Vredenburg, Karel is currently IBM Global Vice President, Client Insights and Research and responsible for leading the company’s global team of researchers and the insights they provide to product, services, and executive teams. Karel joined IBM in 1988 after having done graduate studies, research, and teaching at the University of Toronto. He introduced User-Centered Design at IBM in 1993 and assumed a company-wide role in 1995 leading IBM's community of designers, leading the development of design methods, languages, and technologies, and leading the design of the…
E90 · 20 Dec 2022 · 40 min
Jo Szczepanska 'Is it time to refresh, repair or retire your personas?'
I caught up with Jo Szczepanska - a phenomenal design talent based out of Melbourne, Australia. Jo sent me an article that they wrote a while ago about persona’s, and it was so good that I thought we should do an episode to dig into it a little deeper. Jo’s one of my favourite people and designers and is a great brain, and heavily involved in the co-design space. Read article: https://www.thisishcd.com/post/is-it-time-to-refresh-repair-or-retire-your-personas Connect with Jo: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joszczepanska/?originalSubdomain=au Read transcript:…
E89 · 12 Dec 2022 · 34 min
Amy Bucher 'Applying behavioural science within the healthcare realm'
I caught up with great friend of the podcast, Amy Bucher. Amy is author of Engaged on Rosenfeld Media and we chat about her role of CBO (chief behavioural officer) at Lirio. On Lirio's website, they state 'Our purpose is to combine the power of behavioural science with artificial intelligence to drive positive behavior change for the betterment of all people'. We chat about how this works within the delicate realms of healthcare - and makes for a fantastic conversation. View transcript, show notes…
E88 · 7 Dec 2022 · 32 min
Kelly O'Dowd 'They want you to have so many skills for an entry level job'
In this episode I chat with Kelly O Dowd, a recently graduate from NCAD in Ireland. We chat about what the experience was like leaving University, her search for jobs, and where they feel there’s opportunity for universities to better support students in that highly emotional stage of life - the transitional period between Uni and working life. Kelly is totally fantastic and I know you will get a lot out of this episode. Let’s jump into the episode. Full transcript and show notes are available here:…
E87 · 7 Dec 2022 · 31 min
Mansi Gupta 'Design for Women'
I caught up Mansi Gupta, founder of Unconform. Mansi is a designer, researcher and is working to increase the dialogue regarding the intersection of women and design. She’s been exploring the short comings of Human Centered Design, and we chat openly about where and how she sees the problems. Transcript and show notes are available on https://www.thisishcd.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
E86 · 7 Dec 2022 · 33 min
Scott Jenson 'From Apple, Symbian to Google - Exploring the World of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS)'
I caught up Scott Jenson recently - Scott refers to himself as a battle scarred veteran of the software industry. He has been doing user interface design and strategic planning for over 30 years. He worked at Apple on System 7, Newton, and the Apple Human Interface guidelines. He was UX director of Symbian, VP of product design for Cognima, managed mobile UX for Google and was a creative director at frog design in San Francisco. Scott returned to Google in 2013 to lead the Physical Web project and research future Android UX concepts. In 2021, Scott left Google to explore life outside. In…
E85 · 7 Dec 2022 · 43 min
John Collins 'The business of value-led content marketing at Intercom & beyond'
I recently caught up for coffee with John Collins, also based in Dublin, and the former Director of Content for Intercom and now an independent consultant working in content marketing for businesses around the world. In this conversation we chat about the role of Content Marketing vs Product Marketing and chat about the massive growth of Intercom over the 7 years that John was there. I put John on the spot (you’re welcome John!) and asked him for the 5-key learnings during this period and also the things that they did that led the business to generating over 1/4 million business leads in…
E84 · 7 Dec 2022 · 29 min
Marzia Aricò 'Service Measurement; Connecting (and measuring) the dots between zoom levels'
In this episode I chat with Marzia Aricò, Design Director at Livework in London, and based in the stunning city of Rotterdam. We chat about service measurement - and some of the new work that Marzia and her colleagues at Livework have been working on to help move the dial forward for organisations in this space. It’s a fantastic conversation and totally enjoyed connecting with Marzia - let’s jump in! Become a Patron of This is HCD / https://www.thisishcd.com/become-a-patron Buy Gerry a Coffee / https://thisishcd.ck.page/products/buy-me-a-coffee Sign up to This is HCD Newsletter /…

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Bringing Design Closer is a English arts & books podcast from Gerry Scullion. Melo plays each episode straight from the publisher's own feed — no ads added, no account needed — and remembers where you stopped, in this browser only.

Publisher: Gerry Scullion
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Typical length: 42 min
Latest episode: 20 Jul 2023
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