Power of Ten with Andy Polaine

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Design operates at many levels, from thoughtful detail through organisational transformation to the changes in society and the world. As the famous Ray and Charles Eames Powers of Ten film showed, each power of ten zoom level on the world contains its own complexity, ecosystem and details, but they…

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    Tutti Taygerly 'Design Leadership'

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2020 48:32


    This episode was brought to you by This is Doing - Design & Innovation Online Learning Show Links Tutti Taygerly's website Tutti's writings on Medium Tutti on Twitter Tutti on LinkedIn Andy on Twitter Andy on LinkedIn Andy's website and newsletter Support This is HCD by becoming a Premium subscriber. This is HCD Podcast Network EthnoPod with Jay Hasbrouck Bringing Design Closer with Gerry Scullion ProdPod with Adrienne Tan Getting Started in Design with Gerry Scullion Power of Ten with Andy Polaine The Big Remote with Gerry Scullion and Andy Polaine Moments of Change with Melanie Rayment Talking Shop with Andy Polaine and Gerry Scullion Decoding Culture with Dr. John Curran World Wide Waste with Gerry McGovern Global Jams Podcast with Adam Lawrence and Markus Hormess Connect with This is HCD Follow This is HCD us on Twitter Follow This is HCD on Instagram Sign up for our newsletter (we have lots of design giveaways!) Join the practitioner community on This is HCD Slack Channel Read articles on our This is HCD Network on Medium   Support the show: https://thisishcdnetwork.supercast.tech

    Jeff Sussna 'Services as a chain of promises'

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2020 44:00


    Enjoy our content? Support This is HCD by becoming a Premium Member Power of Ten is a podcast about design operating at many levels - zooming out from thoughtful detail through to organisational transformation, and on to changes in society and the world, hosted by Andy Polaine. In this epsiode, Jeff Sussana, known for introducing the global DevOps community to the importance of empathy and author of Designing Delivery: Rethinking IT in the Digital Service Economy, talks about the importance of systems and design thinking and services as a "chain of promises." Show Links Sussna Associates Jeff's book, Designing Delivery Jeff on Twitter Jeff on LinkedIn Jeff's writings on Medium Andy on Twitter Andy's website and newsletter Support This is HCD by becoming a Premium Member This is HCD Podcast Network EthnoPod with Jay Hasbrouck Bringing Design Closer with Gerry Scullion ProdPod with Adrienne Tan Getting Started in Design with Gerry Scullion Power of Ten with Andy Polaine NEW: The Big Remote with Gerry Scullion and Andy Polaine NEW: Moments of Change with Melanie Rayment Talking Shop with Andy Polaine and Gerry Scullion Decoding Culture with Dr. John Curran NEW: World Wide Waste with Gerry McGovern NEW: Global Jams Podcast with Adam Lawrence and Markus Hormess Connect with This is HCD Follow This is HCD us on Twitter Follow This is HCD on Instagram Sign up for our newsletter (we have lots of design giveaways!) Join the practitioner community on This is HCD Slack Channel Read articles on our This is HCD Network on Medium Support the show.

    Senongo Akpem 'Cross-Cultural Design'

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2020 32:42


    Power of Ten is a podcast about design operating at many levels, zooming out from thoughtful detail, through to organisational transformation, and onto changes in society and the world, hosted by Andy Polaine. This episode's guest is Senongo Akpem, a designer, illustrator and the founder of Pixel Fable, a collection of interactive Afrofuturist stories and currently Design Director at Constructive, a social impact design agency. Senongo talks about how living in constantly shifting cultural and physical spaces has given him unique insight into the influence of culture on communication and creativity and forms the basis of his book, Cross-Cultural Design, published by A Book Apart. Support This is HCD by becoming a Premium Member Show Links Episode transcripts Senongo Akpem's website Senongo on Twitter Cross-Cultural Design book site Pixel Fable Andy on Twitter Andy's website and newsletter This is HCD Network Design Politics Conference site Power of Ten with Andy Polaine EthnoPod with Jay Hasbrouck Bringing Design Closer with Gerry Scullion ProdPod with Adrienne Tan Getting Started in Design with Gerry Scullion Talking Shop with Andy Polaine and Gerry Scullion Decoding Culture with Dr. John Curran The Big Remote with Andy Polaine and Gerry Scullion Connect with This is HCD Follow This is HCD us on Twitter Follow This is HCD on Instagram Sign up for our newsletter (we have lots of design giveaways!) Join the practitioner community on This is HCD Slack Channel Read articles on our This is HCD Network on Medium Support the show.

    Douglas Ferguson 'Beyond the Prototype'

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2020 40:32


    Power of Ten is a podcast hosted by Andy Polaine about design operating at many levels, zooming out from thoughtful detail through to organisational transformation and onto changes in society and the world. In this episode, Douglas Ferguson talks about his book, Beyond the Prototype, which offers a six step plan for companies struggling with the shift from discovery to launch, especially in the post-sprint slump and his experience working directly with the Google Ventures Design Sprint coaches. Douglas also talks about the role of making and recording music in shaping his thought process. And math rock. Show Links Douglas Ferguson - aka @TheDUG on Twitter The Beyond the Prototype book site Voltage Control Andy on Twitter Andy's website and newsletter Other podcasts on This is HCD Network Power of Ten with Andy Polaine EthnoPod with Jay Hasbrouck Bringing Design Closer with Gerry Scullion ProdPod with Adrienne Tan Getting Started in Design with Gerry Scullion Talking Shop with Andy Polaine and Gerry Scullion Decoding Culture with Dr. John Curran Support the show.

    Lou Downe 'Good Services'

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2020 36:30


    Tickets are on sale now for our first design conference in Dublin, where Lou will be speaking: Buy Conference & workshop tickets  Power of Ten is a podcast hosted by Andy Polaine about design operating at many levels, zooming out from thoughtful detail through to organisational transformation and onto changes in society and the world. In this episode, Lou Downe, Director of Design and Transformation for the UK government, where they’re leading change in the UK’s housing sector, talks about their new book: Good Services, How to Design Services that work. Show Links Good Services book site Lou Downe's website Lou on Twitter Andy Polaine on Twitter Andy Polaine's website and newsletter Other podcasts on This is HCD Network Power of Ten with Andy Polaine EthnoPod with Jay Hasbrouck Bringing Design Closer with Gerry Scullion ProdPod with Adrienne Tan Getting Started in Design with Gerry Scullion Talking Shop with Andy Polaine and Gerry Scullion Decoding Culture with Dr. John Curran Support the show.

    Michael J. Metts & Andy Welfle – 'Writing Is Designing'

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2020 41:21


    Power of Ten is a podcast about design operating at many levels hosted by design consultant, educator, writer, Andy Polaine. In this episode Michael J. Metts and Andy Welfle discuss their new book, Writing Is Designing, and how important words are in making software human-centered and inclusive, requiring just as much thought as the visual design, branding and code. Power of Ten listeners can get 15% off Writing is Design by using the discount code HCDWRITING when ordering direct from Rosenfeld Media. Show Links Writing is Designing on Rosenfeld Media Writing is Designing book site Michael's website Michael J Metts on Twitter and Instagram Andy Welfle's website with the best domain name ever Andy Welfle on Twitter Andy Polaine on Twitter Andy Polaine's website and newsletter This is HCD This is HCD newsletter Have feedback on this episode? Click here to leave us a voice mail. This is HCD is brought to you by Humana Design and The Academy.ie - Design Training and Education We are hosting our first conference in Dublin - March 30, March 31 2020. Stay up to date by joining our newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/thisishcd/2020-dublin-hcd-conference Support the show.

    Scott Smith 'How to Future'

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2020 40:46


    Power of Ten is a podcast about design operating at many levels. Zooming out from the thoughtful detail through to organisational transformation and onto changes in society in the world hosted by designer, writer and educator, Andy Polaine. What better way to start the new year but with a look into the future? Our guest in this episode is Scott Smith, founder and managing partner of Changeist discusses his work as a futurist, guiding large organisations towards better futures by blending foresight, narrative design, and strategic thinking. Show Links Scott Smith on Twitter Scott Smith on Medium Changeist Pre-order Scott's book, How to Future Paleo Future The Limits to Growth by Donnella Meadows, Jorgen Randers, and Dennis Meadows Andy Polaine on Twitter Polaine.com Andy's newsletter, Doctor's Note This is HCD This is HCD newsletter Support the show.

    Ewan McIntosh 'Creating the Space for Learning'

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2019 43:37


    Welcome to Power of Ten, a podcast about design operating at many levels, hosted by designer, educator, and writer, Andy Polaine. In this episode Ewan McIntosh, founder and CEO of NoTosh, shares his experience of designing and creating spaces to enhance learning. NoTosh NoTosh on Medium Ewan McIntosh on Twitter NoTosh on Twitter NoTosh on Instagram Andy Polaine on Twitter Polaine.com This is HCD Support the show.

    Theresa Neil 'Designing Digital Therapeutics'

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2019 33:50


    Power of Ten is podcast about design operating at many levels, zooming out from thoughtful detail through to organisational transformation and onto changes in society in the world. My guest today is Theresa Neil. She’s the author of Mobile Design Pattern Gallery, published by O’Reily and co-author of Designing Web Interfaces, also by O’Reily in 2009. She’s the founder of Guidea, a 20-person UX design consultancy, serving lots of clients you would have heard of, such as Adobe, Bloomberg, eBay, Wholefoods, Johnson and Johnson, and PayPal. She was also named as one of the top designers in technology by Business Insider.  In this episode she talks about the powerful combination of digital therapeutics and contemporary medicine to improve people's lives. Show Links Guidea Guidea on Twitter Theresa Neil on LinkedIn Theresa Neil on Twitter Mobile Design Pattern Gallery Designing Web Interfaces This is HCD Andy Polaine on Twitter Polaine.com Support the show.

    Joe Macleod 'Designing Closure Experiences'

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2019 55:04


    This is HCD is brought to you by Humana Design and The Academy.ie - Design Training and Education Have feedback on this episode? Click here to leave us a voice mail. My guest on Power of Ten this episode is Joe Macleod. Joe has decades of product development experience across digital, physical and service sectors. Previously Head of Design at the award-winning studio Ustwo. He then spent three years on the Closure Experiences project researching, writing and publishing the book "Ends: Why we overlook endings for humans, products, services and digital. And why we shouldn’t." He founded andEnd. A business helping companies end their customer relationships. Show Links Joe Macleod on Twitter Joe's company andEnd.co Joe's book, Ends: Why we overlook endings for humans, products, services and digital. And why we shouldn’t."  Joe's presentation at UX Australia Andy’s website Andy on Twitter Power of Ten on This is HCD where you will also find a transcript to this episode We are hosting our first conference in Dublin - March 30, March 31 2020. Stay up to date by joining our newsletter https://mailchi.mp/thisishcd/2020-dublin-hcd-conference Connect with This is HCD Follow This is HCD us on Twitter Follow This is HCD on Instagram Sign up for our newsletter (we have lots of design giveaways!) Join the practitioner community on This is HCD Slack Channel Read articles on our This is HCD Network on Medium Other podcasts on This is HCD Network Power of Ten with Andy Polaine EthnoPod with Jay Hasbrouck Bringing Design Closer with Gerry Scullion ProdPod with Adrienne Tan Getting Started in Design with Gerry Scullion Talking Shop with Andy Polaine and Gerry Scullion Decoding Culture with Dr. John Curran Support the show.

    Lisa Welchman 'Managing Chaos'

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2019 52:57


    Welcome to Power of Ten – a podcast about design operating at many levels, zooming out from thoughtful detail to organisational transformation and to changes in society and the world. I'm your host, Andy Polaine, a designer, educator and writer and currently Group Director of Client Evolution at Fjord. My guest in this episode is Lisa Welchman. Lisa has written and blogged for 16 years about digital governance and wrote the leading book on this critical discipline called Managing Chaos. She also has a wonderful singing voice and a love of jazz, which makes her my new favourite guest. Show Links Lisa Welchman's website Lisa's book, Managing Chaos Lisa Welchman on Twitter Andy's website Andy on Twitter Power of Ten on This is HCD where you will also find a transcript to this episode. Support the show.

    Ariel Waldman 'Hacking Science for Collaboration'

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2019 38:37


    Hello, and welcome to Power of Ten. A podcast about design operating at many levels, from thoughtful detail, through to organisational transformation, to the changes in society and the world. My name is Andy Polaine, a designer, educator, and writer, currently group director of client evolution at Fjord. My guest today is Ariel Waldman. Ariel makes massively multiplayer science, creating an unusual collaboration that infuses serendipity into science and space exploration. Show Links Andy Polaine on Twitter: @apolaine Ariel Waldman on Twitter: @arielwaldman Ariel’s website: https://arielwaldman.com Ariel’s YouTube channel: http://youtube.com/arielwaldman Ariel’s Patreon site: https://www.patreon.com/arielwaldman SpaceHack.org: https://spacehack.org Science Hack Day: http://sciencehackday.org NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Program: https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/niac/index.html WIN ONE OF 5 OFFSCREEN MAGAZINES To be in with a chance to win one, all you need to do is leave us a voicemail with your thoughts on this episode. Andy will select the best 5 pieces of feedback. Thanks again Kai at Offscreen Magazine. One of our favourite design magazines! Connect with This is HCD Follow This is HCD us on Twitter Follow This is HCD on Instagram Sign up for our newsletter (we have lots of design giveaways!) Join the practitioner community on This is HCD Slack Channel Read articles on our This is HCD Network on Medium Other podcasts on This is HCD Network Power of Ten with Andy Polaine EthnoPod with Dr John Curran Bringing Design Closer with Gerry Scullion ProdPod with Adrienne Tan This is HCD is brought to you by Humana Design and The Academy.ie Support the show.

    Gretchen Anderson - 'Mastering Collaboration'

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2019 42:41


    Welcome to Power of Ten, a podcast about design operating at many levels, from thoughtful detail through organisational transformation, to the changes in society and the world.  This episode's guest is Gretchen Anderson.Gretchen consults with clients to inform their product strategy and improve team collaboration skills. She co-authored the book: Pair Design, with Chris Noessel and in this episode we talk about her latest book: Mastering Collaboration, the need for collaboration and cover many pitfalls and tips. Now you can leave us a voicemail Have something to share about this episode? Leave us a voicemail now Show Notes Andy is on Twitter as @apolaine and Polaine.com Gretchen is on Twitter as @gretared and her consultancy is at gretchenanderson.com Connect with This is HCD Follow This is HCD us on Twitter Follow This is HCD on Instagram Sign up for our newsletter (we have lots of design giveaways!) Join the practitioner community on This is HCD Slack Channel Read articles on our This is HCD Network on Medium Other podcasts on This is HCD Network Power of Ten with Andy Polaine EthnoPod with Dr John Curran Bringing Design Closer with Gerry Scullion ProdPod with Adrienne Tan This is HCD is brought to you by Humana Design and The Academy.ie Support the show.

    Leah Buley & Aarron Walter – 'InVision's Design Maturity Model'

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2019 51:51


    Hello, and welcome to Power of Ten, a podcast about designing and operating at many levels, from thoughtful detail through to organisational transformation, to the changes in society in the world.  My name is Andy Polaine, a designer, educator, and writer, and currently group director of client evolution at Fjord. The meta-theme this year for the Fjord trends was 'value'. I was excited to see that InVision, a company whose tools and platform many of our designers use, published their report about the design maturity model.   It’s all about the value of design to business.  I caught up with Leah Buley, a veteran of the experience design industry and the author of the book: The User Experience Team of One.  She’s Director of InVisions’ Design and Education team and the main author of the report. And Aaron Walter, author of Design for Emotion.  Also, a veteran design leader, educator, and Vice President of InVision’s design education team. Leah, Aaron, welcome to Power of Ten.  Have a comment about this episode that you'd like to share? Now you can leave us a voicemail Have something to share about this episode? Leave us a voicemail now Show Links Design Better – InVision’s amazing learning resource InVision’s Design Genome Project – behind the scenes of design-forward companies InVision’s Design Maturity Model report Leah Buley is @leahbuley on Twitter Aaron Walter is @aarron on Twitter Connect with This is HCD Follow This is HCD us on Twitter Follow This is HCD on Instagram Sign up for our newsletter (we have lots of design giveaways!) Join the practitioner community on This is HCD Slack Channel Read articles on our This is HCD Network on Medium Other podcasts on This is HCD Network Power of Ten with Andy Polaine EthnoPod with Dr John Curran Bringing Design Closer with Gerry Scullion ProdPod with Adrienne Tan This is HCD is brought to you by Humana Design and The Academy.ie Support the show.

    Anne Galloway 'Speculative Design and Glass Slaughterhouses'

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2019 35:15


    In this episode Andy speaks with Dr. Anne Galloway about speculative design, living with sheep, and how designers might re-consider their place in the world. Have a comment about this episode that you'd like to share? Now you can leave us a voicemail Have something to share about this episode? Leave us a voicemail now Assoc. Prof. Dr. Anne Galloway’s academic profile at VUW The More Than Human Lab Anne is on Twitter as @annegalloway Dr. Andy Polaine can be found on his website, Medium and Twitter as @apolaine Support the show.

    Aaron Dignan 'Brave New Work'

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2019 28:10


    You can find Aaron Dignan on Twitter as @aarondignan  and at The Ready. You can find notes and links from his excellent book on the Brave New Work website. Aaron also wrote a Medium post explaining The OS Canvas and you‘ll find plenty of other writing from The Ready folks there. For those of you interested in the Simple Sabotage Field Manual from the Office of Strategic Services (precursor to the CIA) that we mention at the beginning of the interview, page 28, _General Interference with Organizations and Production_, is the page to flip to before facepalming at the state of organisations today. Our links Follow This is HCD us on Twitter Follow This is HCD on Instagram Sign up for our newsletter Join the This is HCD Slack Channel Follow us on Medium Podcasts on the This is HCD Network Power of Ten with Andy Polaine EthnoPod with Dr John Curran Bringing Design Closer with Gerry Scullion ProdPod with Adrienne Tan This is HCD is brought to you by Humana Design Support the show.

    Jeff Gothelf 'The cannonball effect'

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2019 48:00


    Hello, and welcome to Power of Ten on This is HCD. My name is Andy Polaine. I’m a designer, educator, and writer, and currently group director of Client Evolution at Fjord. The Power of Ten Podcast is about design operating at many levels, from thoughtful detail through to organisational transformation, as well as changes in society and the world. It pays homage to the famous Charles Eames, the powers of ten, which showed how each power of ten zoom level contains its own complexity, ecosystem, and details. They’re all interrelated. Links Jeff on Twitter Buy Lean UX Buy Sense and Respond Our links Andy on Twitter Follow This is HCD us on Twitter Follow This is HCD on Instagram Sign up for our newsletter Join the This is HCD Slack Channel Follow us on Medium This is HCD is brought to you by Humana Design Support the show.

    Andy Polaine 'Mindful Service Design'

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2018 18:47


    In this episode, I caught up with a great friend of the podcast, Andy Polaine. Most of you will probably be familiar with Andy's work with Fjord and also as co-author of Service Design - from Insights to implementation on Rosenfeld Media, a book that has become one of the defining service design books over the last number of years. I was hosting Service design Days in Barcelona this year and had lots of fun meeting the European service design community. It was a jam-packed few days for me but managed to capture some great conversations that all followed a similar theme to what myself and John Thackara covered in his episode recently, and that is, we need to consider not only what we produce but how we actually produce it. Andy's keynote was fantastic and had some wonderful metaphors about how we have lost some of the natural cadence and craft through new work please like Agile and Lean. Christmas giveaways  Also before I jump in I want to let you all know I'm working on creating a very very special newsletter for Christmas with lots of the world's best book companies and authors, so if you're not in the podcast newsletter, you should sign up for our newsletter. This Christmas newsletter will include discounts and giveaways, just in time for those Christmas stocking fillers. Right, let's get into the episode. Links from this episode Andy's slides from Service Design Days, Barcelona Connect with Andy on @Apolaine on Twitter, his website at polaine.com, via Fjords website at Fjordnet.com  Read the transcript of this episode at thisisHCD.com Buy Andy's book that he co-authored 'Service Design - From Insight to Implementation' This is HCD is brought to you by Humana Design Follow This is HCD us on Twitter Follow This is HCD on Instagram Sign up for our newsletter Join the This is HCD Slack Channel Follow us on Medium   Support the show.

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