Hybrid Intelligence

Lee Sankey talks to Charlotte Walsh, Co-Founder of digital product studio Digital Detox. Charlotte has been vocal about the need for more greener approaches to digital and IT. Something she champions with the team at Digital Detox. So it was fitting that our conversation took place on World Earth Day.

When we think of the causes of climate change, we tend to gravitate to things such as fossil fuels, aviation, manufacturing and the industrialised farming of cattle. The impact of digital is not something that is front of mind. If anything, we perhaps view digital as part of the solution; an enabler to do things differently. While this certainly true, as we will hear from Charlotte in this episode, digital and IT consume vast amounts of energy themselves. Their very nature means that this reality is hidden from view and the energy cost is not part of our day to day mental model.

Charlotte frames the need for greener digital with some statistics and then outlines some of things businesses, product designers and us as consumers can do to reduce energy usage. We also discuss how the off-shoring versus on-shoring debate may have shifted as companies have been remote working during the COVID19 pandemic.

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Our values, beliefs and outlook influence not only what we do, but what we strive for. In this sense Optimism is a vital and defining force that shapes the future we are creating. For many the lockdown following the global coronavirus pandemic has been a period of reflection. So what role does optimism play as Governments, organisations, brands and people start to think again about how they evolve, adapt and innovate?

Door's founder Lee Sankey speaks to designer, technologist and author Pete Trainor who has recently become CEO of Vala Health. Pete is a world renowned speaker and his book Hippo: Human Focused Digital takes a philosophical look at design and technology.

The conversation covers a lot of ground, including healthcare innovation, Minimum Viable Personality, whether optimism can be cultivated and things Pete is optimistic about now and looking forward. He believes the coronavirus pandemic is to healthcare what the 2008 financial crises was to banking: a massive shock that will bring forward a period of intense collaboration and innovation.

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Optimism is a vital, defining force in shaping our future. This podcast is part of a series where we discuss Optimism with business leaders, designers, entrepreneurs and creatives. After a life changing event at the end of 2016, Manjula Lee set out a new vision for her life: to build an advanced technology platform that will bring together governments, businesses and civil societies from around the world to solve some of our most complex problems. From ending global poverty, to universal healthcare and cleaning up the oceans. At this unprecedented moment in human history, with the whole world on pause and an uncertain future ahead of us, Manjula describes an optimistic vision of human potential and hope for the future.

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Lee Sankey's guest is Professor Pietro Micheli from Warwick Business School. Pietro has been studying Design Thinking since its early inception and has carried out numerous studies on companies globally. So what does academic research tell us about how companies use design thinking and its impact?

This was also an opportunity for me to debate some of my own observations and theories on the practical realities of Design Thinking. Including:

1) That pace, data and iterative everyday business are limiting the oxygen design and Design Thinking need to be successful.
2) That Design Thinking is on a similar journey to Agile. Although currently, a less influential one.

In addition, Pietro talks about 3 different types of business logics and how Design Thinking can be used in Brand Management to navigate the tensions between consistency and relevance.

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Part 2 of Lee Sankey's conversation with anthropologist, strategist and author Grant McCracken. They discuss the potential impacts of COVID viewed through anthropological and cultural lenses on things like the family, the city and the world of work. Grant also flags some left-field signals that he is tracking, such as competitive charcuterie boards and talks about his latest work on the artisan movement which he describes as having matured into a transformative force.

Grant is a pioneer in culture as a strategic and driving force in business success. Not organisational or corporate culture but "big C" culture. He has taught at MIT and Harvard and consulted with companies such as Nike, Netflix, Oprah and the White House. Here he explains why culture matters to business, discusses barriers to the broader adoption of culture as a strategic input since writing his book "Chief Culture Officer" in 2009 and some of the things we can start doing to incorporate culture in our thinking.

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Grant McCracken Linkedin and Twitter
For more on Grant's work and books visit www.mapping-the-future.com and www.cultureby.com

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