The second part of my conversation with circular economy pioneer Sophie Thomas is now available. In this episode Sophie and I discuss the complexities of implementing circularity and creating circular products. Sophie also tells us about her exciting new venture studio, etsaW Ventures, which is dedicated to finding, funding and developing innovation in …
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The idea of creating a Circular Economy, or at least a more circular economy, has been around for over 30 years. The need is obviously becoming more pressing as circularity is one of the tools that can help tackle the climate emergency we’ve created. Even without starring down the barrel of that particular …
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Ben Terrett of Public Digital recently recommended me a book. “It’s about PowerPoint” he said, enthusiastically. “O.k…” I thought, sceptically. There are so many interesting things to read and learn about, for example Crypto, AI, Robotics, Sustainability and many others. A book on PowerPoint wouldn’t appear, anywhere, on my wish-list. Ben knows his onions …
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I recently had the pleasure of talking to Charlotte Walsh, Co-Founder of Digital Detox, a digital product development studio based in Brixton, London. Charlotte and I first met at Barclays where we worked together in the Group Customer Experience and Innovation team. Charlotte has been vocal about the need for more greener approaches to …
Here is part 2 of my conversation with anthropologist, strategist and author Grant McCracken. We 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 talks about his latest work on the artisan movement, which he describes …
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I have been a fan of Grant McCracken’s work for many years since attending one of his Culture Camps about ten years ago now. Grant switched me onto something that, as someone working in strategy and innovation, I thought I was already including in my thinking at the time. But it turned out …
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The COVID-19 pandemic is placing galactic pressures on companies everywhere to adapt and evolve. There is a temptation to frame responses in a singular and extremist way in the heat of phrases like “the new normal”. In reality, there is a spectrum of responses from short term tactical adaptations to survive, to adaptations in order …
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One of the people I have been most keen to talk to in this series on optimism is Matthew Taylor, the CEO of the RSA. From my perspective, the work of the RSA is inherently optimistic but at the same time deals with some of the greatest challenges of our time. Matthew has …
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Innovation in the media space, the tensions of running a creative business and lessons learned from working with some of the world’s leading film directors including Ridley Scott, Denis Villeneuve and David Fincher are just some of the topics in my conversation with David Sheldon Hicks the Founder of Territory Studio in this episode …
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For our latest Episode on Optimism I spoke to Devin de Vries and Julian Hirst from the award WhereIsMyTransport. Founded in 2008 by Devin, WhereIsMyTransport is revolutionising the commutes for people who rely on informal transport networks. Unbelievably, about 4 billion people across the Majority World rely on these networks, with …
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