N°081 - Randy Plemel is Expedition Works

Randy Plemel is a design and innovation consultant specializing in solving hard and complex problems for people in elegant, and hopefully simpler ways.

Randy has worked with a wide range of organizations in the public sector on democracy promotion, and the private sector on who their customer might be, including the Knight Foundation to reimagine the civic commons across eight cities, Bloomberg Philanthropies to cultivate city-based innovation in the U.S. and India, AARP to evolve their role in creating livable communities for all, and the City of Los Angeles and NYCHA to make cities better through design.

He’s also completed a range of new products and services with a diverse set of clients—including State Farm, Steelcase, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Tata, Citibank, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, and Walgreens—on a variety of design challenges, from new digital communication tools, to blended digital and physical experiences, to entirely new retail strategy and concepts.

Randy holds a BS in Architecture and Masters of Architecture from the University of Cincinnati.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/randyplemel/

Expedition Works: https://expedition.works/

Journey With Purpose: https://jwp.news/founding/

Avery’s Journey, Randy’s Design Fiction exercise gives purpose to Generative AI tools rather than freaking out or fetishizing and drooling all over them.

https://expedition.works/project/averys-journey

Journey With Purpose Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/journey-with-purpose/id1697389263

(p.s. This ‘Better Bin’ episode with Colin Kelly discussing how his ad-hoc, let’s-see-what-happens submission to get the contract to design the new New York City public trash bin is awesomely inspiring.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/colin-kelly-better-bin/id1697389263?i=1000633101486)