Design and Innovation Podcast

In this episode Dr. Ralph-Christian Ohr, a Corporate innovation expert, shares indepthly what dual innovation is all about and how large companies can scale up using this innovation system. He goes further to share how companies can transform their exploratory units of their business into one that is well integrated into the core business.You can get a copy of Dr. Ralph-Christian's book (co-authored with Frank Mattes) here https://www.amazon.com/Scaling-up-Corporate-Startups-innovation-concepts/dp/1790696305/ Connect: You can connect with us on IG: dodo_nigeria or shoot us an email at dip@dodo.ng

On this episode, we spoke with the Head of Innovation and Uplift at Vodafone, Julia Doll. Julia talks on the Internet of Things (IoT) and how companies can leverage to improve on the experience for customers. She also shared opportunities for partnership with startups that are offering services or products around the use of IoTs. This episode promises to be a very informative one. Do enjoy!Notes:Julia Doll and her team at Vodafone are always looking out for entrepreneurs with promising ideas seeking to leverage the IoT technology to scale. Reach out to Julia at linkedin.com/in/julia-doll-1562a616Connect: Write to us dip@dodo.ng, you can also follow us on Twitter: @DODO_Nigeria

On this episode, Susan shares the role Design Research plays in ensuring products are successful in the market. She also breaks down how companies seeking to adapt Design Research for growth can do so such that they exploit every possible value they can get to push them closer to their company's goals.Connect: www.designandinnovation.dodo.ng Write to us dip@dodo.ng Follow us on Twitter: @DODO_Nigeria

On this episode, Lola Pedro, the African Regional Director of Trendwatching, shares why it is important for companies, however large or small can monitor trends to help them better meet their customers needs. She also was gracious enough to share present trends that companies can leverage to drive growth. To learn more on this trends, do listen.Connect: www.designandinnovation.dodo.ng Write to us dip@dodo.ng Follow us on Twitter: @DODO_Nigeria

On this episode, We have an interesting conversation with the CEO of Orange Senegal. Ramatoulaye A. Diallo. She shares on innovation within Teleco's, how the industry is evolving into a frontier for innovative services that meets the needs of users across Africa. She also shared her experiences working at various telecommunication companies in three different countries across 2 continents.This episode promises to provide insights that could be utilised by various business leaders across different industries.Connect:Please like and subscribe to our Podcast. Also, leave a review and share with people you think will gain from this Podcast www.designandinnovation.dodo.ng Write to us dip@dodo.ng Follow us on Twitter: @DODO_Nigeria

On this episode, we have an in depth conversation with Nik Parekh, the Principal Design Strategist at Charles Schwab. Nik shares with us, the importance of empathy and how various companies and brand can use it to create positive impact for people, environment and profit. He shares on the importance of empathising from within, sharing ways companies can approach empathy for maximum results.Connect:Please like and subscribe to our Podcast. Also, leave a review and share with people you think will gain from this Podcast www.designandinnovation.dodo.ng Write to us dip@dodo.ng Follow us on Twitter: @DODO_Nigeria

On this episode we have a conversation with David Schmidt, who is the founder and partner at United Peers. David shares from his vast experience in Business Design. He explains the opportunities global companies can leverage on for growth.Connect:Please like and subscribe to our Podcast. Also, leave a review and share with people you think will gain from this Podcast www.designandinnovation.dodo.ng Write to us dip@dodo.ng Follow us on Twitter: @DODO_Nigeria

On this episode, Jesper CEO and Founder of Nosco, shares with us on how companies can innovate from within by collaborating with team members from various departments. He shares reasons why internal collaborations among team members is important for companies looking to innovate around offerings. If you are considering how you could improve on the innovative culture within your business, then this episode is meant for you. Notes:Connect:Please like and subscribe to our Podcast. Also, leave a review and share with people you think will gain from this Podcast www.designandinnovation.dodo.ng Write to us dip@dodo.ng Follow us on Twitter: @DODO_Nigeria

Welcome to season 2. On this episode, we have Babajide Shoyebo, the Product Manager at Workforce group. He shares with us his experience helping a global company build and mange their digital products which brought in great returns to his organisation. He also talks on how a greatly managed product can birth great results with exciting returns to show. Listen to learn how you can apply this processes to your product team.Connect:Please like and subscribe to our Podcast. Also, leave a review and share with people you think will gain from this Podcast www.designandinnovation.dodo.ng Write to us dip@dodo.ng Follow us on Twitter: @DODO_Nigeria

It has been a really interesting season and we sure had a lot of things to learn from. Susan takes us through the season, pointing out noteworthy areas for from the entire season. Listen to find out those what they are.Connect:Please like and subscribe to our Podcast. Also, leave a review and share with people you think will gain from this Podcast www.designandinnovation.dodo.ng Write to us dip@dodo.ng Follow us on Twitter: @DODO_Nigeria

We have an interesting conversation with Douglas Ferguson, President Voltage Control, an Innovation agency based in Austin Texas. He shares from his experience unique ways companies can be come more productive in their meetings and other strategic sessions. This promises to be a very interesting and informative episode.Connect:Please like and subscribe to our Podcast. Also, leave a review and share with people you think will gain from this Podcast www.designandinnovation.dodo.ng Write to us dip@dodo.ng Follow us on Twitter: @DODO_Nigeria

Vi shares with us how she has been able to use design to improve customers experience speaking from her time in a financial institution to having to work for the Swedish Space Agency. She also highlighted how teams could merge Business Design with User Experience Design in creating a seamless experience from end to end.Connect:Please like and subscribe to our Podcast. Also, leave a review and share with people you think will gain from this Podcast www.designandinnovation.dodo.ng Write to us dip@dodo.ng Follow us on Twitter: @DODO_Nigeria

Marcel Rossouw is a group director at Fjord Johannesburg, South Africa. In this episode, he shares with us on how companies can use design to inform their brand, process and business as a whole.Connect:Please like and subscribe to our Podcast. Also, leave a review and share with people you think will gain from this Podcast www.designandinnovation.dodo.ngWrite to us dip@dodo.ngFollow us on Twitter: @DODO_Nigeria

Here's another interesting episode with Sarah Christine Deloughery. Sarah is a Design Thinking expert and team lead digital at 2BM an Information Technology company based in Denmark. She shares on her experience building digital solutions using design for large and the impact it has on the final solution. If you are a large organisation looking to build a digital solution, you should listen to thisConnect:Please like and subscribe to our Podcast. Also, share with people you think will gain from this Podcast www.designandinnovation.dodo.ng Write to us dip@dodo.ng Follow us on Twitter: @DODO_Nigeria

Steph Cruchon, the founder of Design Sprint Ltd. shares the benefits of Design Sprints to businesses. He shares from his vast experience of running design sprints for large and small organisations as a means to help them develop and test new ideas as they become more innovative. You'll learn so much from this informative and practical episode.Notes: 4:50 Design Sprint by Jake Knapp https://www.thesprintbook.com/16:54 Design Sprint Quarter https://www.design-sprint.com/en/quarter/P.S Next event with Jake and Steph in Switzerland: https://itoday.ch/Connect:Please like and subscribe to our Podcast. Also, share with people you think will gain from this Podcast www.designandinnovation.dodo.ng Write to us dip@dodo.ng Follow us on Twitter: @DODO_Nigeria

On this episode, Susan and Thomas talk with Mauro Porcini the Chief Design Officer at PepsiCo one of the biggest Food and Beverage company in the world. Mauro shares his experience on the value of design especially in large organisations where he has worked as a designer. Listen to learn how you can infuse design to bring value to your customers and shareholders.Notes:9:38 Pepsi Hydration Platform https://www.pepsico.com/sustainability/beyond-the-bottleConnect:Please subscribe and like our Podcast. Also, share with people you think will gain from this Podcast www.designandinnovation.dodo.ng Write to us dip@dodo.ng Follow us on Twitter: @DODO_Nigeria

On this episode, Susan and Thomas had a chat with Jabbo Gehring from Fjord Berlin and Tommaso Martucci from Indeed-innovation Hamburg, on how businesses can use Business Design to guarantee product success.The four shared their experiences and practical steps to take when looking to develop a service or an offering, irrespective of the size of the business.Connect:Please subscribe and like our Podcast. Also, share with people you think will gain from this Podcast www.designandinnovation.dodo.ng Write to us dip@dodo.ng Follow us on Twitter: @DODO_Nigeria

Design and Innovation Podcast Hosts talk about the change in the business world as design is welcomed increasingly across companies. They also touch on what business leaders can expect in the future as more and more companies understand design's value to business and incorporate it into their culture and operations.Notes5:12 Design Council https://bit.ly/34QUDbU5:30 Mckinsey value of design https://player.vimeo.com/video/297150320Connect:Please subscribe and like our Podcast. Also, share with people you think will gain from this Podcast www.designandinnovation.dodo.ng Write to us dip@dodo.ng Follow us on Twitter: @DODO_Nigeria

Chris Do, Emmy award-winning designer and Founder of globally known Futur platform, shares insights on design, talking about how creatives need to learn more of the business side of design and how global businesses can leverage design to succeed.Notes0:30 The Futur http://thefutur.com3:25 Book Whole New Mind https://amzn.to/2LH8quV3:58 Todd McFarlane http://mcfarlane.com/15:08 Crazy Video https://bit.ly/2RF4kHCConnect:Please subscribe and like our Podcast. Also, share with people you think will gain from this Podcast www.designandinnovation.dodo.ng Write to us dip@dodo.ng Follow us on Twitter: @DODO_Nigeria

On this episode, Scott Boylston a Sustainability Design Expert, speaks on the opportunity's businesses can leverage using sustainable innovation. Speaking from a wealth of experience, Scott clearly defined the benefits sustainability offers to businesses and basic steps leaders can take to start building a sustainable business that positively impacts the bottom line.Notes 2:21 Design for sustainability program https://bit.ly/35xT2IC 4:30 SCAD https://www.scad.edu/16:30 Sustainability Framework https://tinyurl.com/t9czwa828:38 Ecovative https://ecovativedesign.com/33:12 Pangea https://pangeaorganics.com/34:00 Everlane https://www.everlane.com/35:21 Book Designing with society https://tinyurl.com/umfhtv647:48 SDG Partnership https://tinyurl.com/rxhp7cuGlobal North: The Global North refers to developed societies of Europe and North America, which are characterised by established democracy, wealth, technological advancement, political stability, ageing population, zero population growth and dominance of world trade and politicsGlobal South: The Global South is an emerging term used by the World Bank to refer to low and middle-income countries located in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean.Connect:Please subscribe and like our Podcast. Also, share with people you think will gain from this Podcast www.designandinnovation.dodo.ng Write to us dip@dodo.ng Follow us on Twitter: @DODO_Nigeria

On this episode, Tommaso Martucci from Indeed-Innovation shares from his experience on how businesses have been able to use design as a means to innovate and why the design process is a great strategy business leaders can leverage on.Notes 1:00 Indeed innovation http://www.indeed-innovation.com/ 8:02 Book by Fabio Novembre https://amzn.to/2QJAjG2 9:02 The Triennale in Milan https://www.triennale.org/en/10:36 Why Businesses acquire design teams https://bit.ly/2OGywyP22:30 Book by Roger Martin https://amzn.to/34gWeYV24:16 Impact Week https://wux.vsz.mybluehost.me/Connect:Please subscribe and like our Podcast. Also, share with people you think will gain from this Podcast www.designandinnovation.dodo.ng Write to us dip@dodo.ng Follow us on Twitter: @DODO_Nigeria

Susan Onigbinde and Thomas Osume of DODO Design Agency give an overlook into the new podcast series, catering to business and design leaders, strategy and innovation teams around the world. The duo shed light into design as it emerged from being just an aesthetic tool to a strategic tool to driving growth in businesses across the world. They highlight a couple of companies that have leveraged design to grow their business and user base.Links: 02:06 A brief history of design in Business https://bit.ly/2taChUM 03:36 IDEO's Influence in Design https://bit.ly/35RYFCt 04:10 D.School Stanford school of design https://stanford.io/2jrHcr205:49 Wicked Problems https://bit.ly/1otCwiG06:14 Apple's First Mouse https://bit.ly/2EJZrrv06:16 Google's Design Sprint https://bit.ly/2C0LjHw08:39 Airbnb putting users in the centre https://bit.ly/2Ugu0Ze11:50 Value of Design by Mckinsey https://mck.co/2z10A8713:32 Duolingo using continuous testing and Iteration https://bit.ly/2uddcHp19:43 Indra Nooyi Pepsi CEO https://bit.ly/33RxB4A20:00 Dezeen https://www.dezeen.com/Connect:Please subscribe and like our Podcast. Also, share with people you think will gain from this Podcast www.designandinnovation.dodo.ng Write to us dip@dodo.ng Follow us on Twitter: @DODO_Nigeria

On this episode, Susan and Thomas talk about The Design and Innovation Podcast (DIP), what it is all about, what to expect and the value design brings to businesses.