Exploring Optimism - Matthew Taylor, CEO of The RSA

07/29/20 • 30 min

Lee Sankey is joined by Matthew Taylor, CEO of The Royal Society of Arts for a wide ranging discussion. Matthew Taylor has spent his career shaping and influencing change through politics, public policy and now at the RSA. He has a particular passion for the topic of work. The work of the RSA is inherently optimistic but deals with some of the major challenges of our time. Matthew talks about his theory of change, his views on optimism, the topic of his annual RSA lecture and his love of West Bromwich Albion.

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Matthew Taylor RSA Blog
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Matthew Taylor Links:
Matthew Taylor RSA Blog
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Exploring Optimism - David Sheldon Hicks, Territory Studio

Lee Sankey speaks to David Sheldon Hicks, Founder of Territory Studio about innovation in the media space, his take on optimism and what he’s learnt from working with some of the world’s leading film directors such as Ridley Scott.

If you are not familiar with Territory studio you’ve almost certainly seen some of their work. The studio began life specialising in motion graphics for things like gaming and content creation. Today David and his team from their offices in London, San Fransisco and New York work in a wide variety of areas including automotive UI, experiential design for spaces and special effects for feature films such as Prometheus, Guardians of The Galaxy and Blade Runner 2049.

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What does research into Design Thinking show?

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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