KD Conversations

In this episode we talk to leading healthcare marketing agency, Create Health, about the future of healthcare and communications. Listen now and hear what our Head of Medical, Kerry Briggs, and CDO, Craig Wightman, and Create Health Managing Director, Ed Hudson, and Creative Director, Phil Blackmore, have to say. Find out more about Create Health, here: https://createhealth.com/

In this episode our CEO, Merle Hall talks to Babbasa Founder and CEO, Poku Osei about the foundations and future plans of the charity. We are also joined by Babbasa alumni and past KD placement student, Bakoto Jobe. Find out more about the great work that Babbasa do to empower young people, here: https://babbasa.com/

In this episode our Head of Medical, Kerry Briggs, and Head of Portfolio Management, Sunny Panesar speak with Ellie Foreman about the future of medical and growing use of Artificial Intelligence. Ellie is an Automation Fellow with the South West Creative Technology Network (www.swctn.org.uk), exploring the connection we have with technology and how emotional support can be provided with AI. Ellie will be speaking at the next I'll Be Back South West run by Tiny Giant, taking place on February 11th 2020, and hosted by Kinneir Dufort. Get your free tickets here: https://tinyurl.com/IBBSW

This episode was recorded live at the Global Innovation Forum 2019, in London, and features the panel discussion, "Designing A Better World" hosted by KD CEO, Merle Hall. Panel guests were Caroline Hargrove (Chief Technology Officer at Babylon Heath), Sophie Bialaszewski (Head of People & Capability Transformation at Lloyds Banking Group), Craig Wightman (Chief Design Officer at Kinneir Dufort), Sophie Castell (Director of Relationships at RNIB). The discussion explores and uncovers what designing a better world means for some of these leading experts and includes questions from the audience. For further reading check out the LinkedIn article written by Craig: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/insights-from-innovation-leaders-gif-2019-craig-wightman/

Ahead of GIF 2019, CEO Merle Hall and Portfolio Manager Sara White, discuss the key insights from last year's GIF and what to expect for this year's forum on our podcast, KD Conversations. Read the accompanying article by KD CDO Craig Whiteman on LinkedIn, 'Insights from Innovation Leaders: GIF 2019': https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/insights-from-innovation-leaders-gif-2019-craig-wightman/

Merle Hall, CEO of Kinneir Dufort speaks with Katharine Wilkinson, who has been participating in the year-long “Waste Nothing Challenge”. Katharine shares her insights into the impact of shopping with so much care that (almost) nothing is thrown away. Discover more: www.bristolwastecompany.co.uk/whats-happ…challenge/

Merle Hall, CEO of Kinneir Dufort, speaks to Katie Alcott MBE, founder of Frank Water. Katie and the team aim to bring safe water and sanitation for communities in India and Nepal as well as pioneering of the refill movement in the UK. www.frankwater.com

In the latest KD Conversations podcast we speak to Kerning the Gap founder, Nat Maher. Founded in 2015, and now a nationwide campaign, Kerning the Gap was started to inspire change within the design industry and encourage more women to pursue design leadership roles. Listen to hear more as KD CEO Merle Hall and Nat discuss all things equality within the design industry and what is needed to champion change. www.kerningthegap.com

In this episode of KD Conversations, our CDO, Craig Wightman talks all things business and design with Simon Enever, CEO of D2C oral care company, Quip. www.getquip.com

The latest podcast in our KD Conversations series delves into the world of sustainability, fashion and innovation with Debbie Luffman, Product Director of Finisterre: the Cornwall-based pioneers of sustainable clothing and accessories. Finisterre was built on its values and their founder’s love of the sea, driven to create innovative products with sustainability at their core. Listen to hear more about her story, as she is interviewed by KD’s Head of Insight & Innovation, Kelly Dawson. https://finisterre.com/

CEO Merle Hall and Chief Design Officer, Craig Wightman discuss the trends we can expect to see coming out of 2019.

KD conversations third podcast follows a talk our CEO Merle Hall and our Chief Design Officer, Craig Wightman presented at The Global Innovation Forum 2018, London. They will be discussing the trends and themes within innovation.

Our second podcast in our KD Conversations series explores what designing a better world means for our CEO Merle Hall and our Chief Design Officer, Craig Wightman. Listen to Merle and Craig discussing how design and creativity can (and should be) used to make things better for all and why it’s vital to have a desire to create impact for ‘good’.

Merle Hall, CEO of Kinneir Dufort joins Simon Miller, Managing Partner from 3Keel and Kelly Dawson, Head of Strategy at Kinneir Dufort, to discuss sustainability within design and business.