Politics and design are the same (good) thing

There’s a lot of talk about how to elevate design and digital thinking in organisations. Sometimes it goes up, sometimes it goes down. Some suggestions are quite practical, managerial even, with stages of development following inevitably after one another. Other suggestions require heroism. A leap into the unknown. JFDI or your org will die. Encouragingly,…

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The future archaeology of design methods

The technological objects we’ve surrounded ourselves with over the last 10 (phones, tablets, wearables), 30 (computers), 50 (TVs), 75 (radios) and 100 years (cars) will likely disappear over the next 10. It’s quite possible that the mid-21st century front room will look like the mid-19th century one (interior design notwithstanding). A few books on the shelves,…

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A hugely ambitious todo list

Thomas Edison wrote himself a hugely ambitious todo list. Elon Musk wrote a ‘secret’ 10 year master plan for his company. And followed it with another. Here’s one for The Shop. We will: Use design sprints to help organisations solve difficult business problems in five days. Continually improve the design sprint process, so that organisations…

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