Power of Ten with Andy Polaine

In this discussion, Carissa Carter, a designer and academic director at the Stanford d.school, shares her journey from geoscience to design. She highlights the layers of design thinking, emphasizing the urgency of addressing climate change through practical solutions. They explore the intersection of narratives and data, warning against the pitfalls of biased data in predictive policing. Carissa also introduces the concept of a fictional World Creation Council aimed at reversing harmful technologies, advocating for design that promotes healing and sustainability.

Power of Ten is a show about design operating at all levels of zoom, from thoughtful detail to changes in organisation, society and the world, hosted by design leadership coach, Andy Polaine. This episode's guest is Francesca Cortesi, a passionate product leader with over a decade of experience in scaling digital products that users love and that drive sustainable growth. She has worked with Europe’s fastest-growing companies, from startups to IPOs, delivering tangible results. Her most recent role was as Chief Product Officer at Sweden's leading property platform, Hemnet, and has just started her own consultancy. LINKS ==== Francesca ==== - Francesca's Website: https://www.francescacortesi.com - Francesa on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/francesca-cortesi/ Andy ==== - Website: https://www.polaine.com - Newsletter: https://pln.me/nws - Podcast: https://pln.me/p10 - Design Leadership Coaching: https://polaine.com/coaching - Courses: https://courses.polaine.com - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/apolaine/ - Bluesky: https://andypolaine.bsky.social - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@apolaine

Meltem Naz Kaso, a Barcelona-based UX Career Coach, shares her journey from investigative journalism to UX research and coaching. She emphasizes the importance of effective communication and storytelling in coaching to help senior UX professionals advance their careers. The conversation touches on the significance of emotional awareness in coaching, the need to redefine success from a personal perspective, and the vital role of networking. Meltem also discusses her upcoming masterclasses and strategies for articulating design's value across cultures.

Power of Ten is a show about design operating at all levels of zoom, from thoughtful detail to changes in organisation, society and the world, hosted by design leadership coach, Andy Polaine. My guest in this episode is Lisa D. Dance, an experienced UX Researcher whose 10+ years of work has spans UX Research & Strategy to Interactive Prototyping & Usability Testing. She has created award-winning work for enterprise organizations and also helped ​small to mid-sized businesses improve their websites and apps so they do not frustrate or harm ​customers.  LINKS Lisa - Lisa on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ldance/ - ServiceEase: https://serviceease.net - Today Is the Perfect Day book site: https://todayistheperfectday.com - Newsletter: Tell a Friend tinyurl.com/TellaFriendTuesdaySignUp Andy - Website: https://www.polaine.com - Newsletter: https://pln.me/nws - Podcast: https://pln.me/p10 - Design Leadership Coaching: https://polaine.com/coaching - Courses: https://courses.polaine.com - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/apolaine/ - Mastodon: https://pkm.social/@apolaine - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@apolaine

Johan Blomkvist, an Assistant Professor at Linköping University, and Stefan Holmlid, a Professor there, dive deep into their book, exploring the pivotal role of materials in service design. They discuss the interplay of tangible and intangible elements in service materials and introduce a practical three-part categorization. Time emerges as a vital service material, influencing pacing, rhythm, and public transport experiences. They also emphasize conversations and behaviors as key materials, along with the evolving role of AI in design, making it a must-listen for service design enthusiasts.

Power of Ten is a show about design operating at all levels of zoom, from thoughtful detail to changes in organisation, society and the world, hosted by design leadership coach, Andy Polaine. My guest in this episode is Marzia Aricò, an independent consultant for organisations seeking to integrate design strategically, and works as a design leadership coach for individuals aiming to advance in their design careers. We talked about her journey to where she is now, service design and organisational change, the importance of diversity within organisations and how her guests on Design Voices Elevated have navigated their own journeys. And we talk about her new book, The Design Leadership Chronicles. == Show Links == == Marzia == Marzia’s personal site: https://marzia.studio Marzia on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marziaarico/ Design Mavericks: https://designmavericks.substack.com Design Voices Elevated podcast: https://designmavericks.substack.com/podcast Design Voices Elevated on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@marziastudio The Design Leadership Chronicles book: https://www.bispublishers.com/design-leadership-chronicles.html == Andy ==  Website: https://www.polaine.com Newsletter: https://pln.me/nws Podcast: https://pln.me/p10 Design Leadership Coaching: https://polaine.com/coaching Courses: https://courses.polaine.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/apolaine/ Mastodon: https://pkm.social/@apolaine YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@apolaine

Power of Ten is a show about design operating at all levels of zoom, from thoughtful detail to changes in organisation, society and the world, hosted by design leadership coach, Andy Polaine. Andy's guest in this episode is Julian Simpson, a London-based writer and director who has worked in film, TV and audio for the past 25 years. He made his directorial debut annoyingly young in his mid-20s with The Criminal and more recently worked on Spooks, New Tricks, Doctor Who and more. He created the Lovecraft Investigations, the Aldrich Kemp audio series and the Pleasant Green Universe. He runs a writer-led company called Storypunk and writes an excellent newsletter about the screenwriting life called, Development Hell.  == SHOW LINKS == == JULIAN ==  - Development Hell: https://developmenthell.substack.com - Julian on IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0801065/ - Pleasant Green: https://www.pleasantgreen.co.uk - The Lovecraft Investigations: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06spb8w - Cartoon Gravity https://www.cartoongravity.com - The Virtual Production of The Mandalorian Season One: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUnxzVOs3rk == ANDY == * Website: https://www.polaine.com  * Newsletter: https://pln.me/nws  * Podcast: https://pln.me/p10  * Design Leadership Coaching: https://polaine.com/coaching * Courses: https://courses.polaine.com  * LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/apolaine/  * Mastodon: https://pkm.social/@apolaine  * YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@apolaine

Power of Ten is a show about design operating at all levels of zoom, from thoughtful detail to changes in organisation, society and the world, hosted by design leadership coach, Andy Polaine.  My guest in this episode comes from a very different field to design. Dr Hansi Singh is a former Professor of physical climate science, University of Victoria.  A US Department of Energy Office of Science fellow and awardee. Specialist in Earth system modeling and high performance computing. Working group co-chair of the Community Earth System Model, funded by NSF.  And she uses all those amazing skills as CEO of Planette, a company specialising in AI-accelerated environmental forecasts to help inform decision making. == LINKS== == HANSI == - Planette: https://www.planette.ai/forecasts  - Hansi on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hansi-singh-phd/ == ANDY == Website: https://www.polaine.com  Newsletter: https://pln.me/nws  Podcast: https://pln.me/p10  Design Leadership Coaching: https://polaine.com/coaching Courses: https://courses.polaine.com  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/apolaine/  Mastodon: https://pkm.social/@apolaine  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@apolaine

Indi Young, a solution strategist, talks about the importance of understanding mental models and thinking styles that are not fixed personas. She discusses the challenges organizations face in adapting to different ways of thinking and addressing user needs. Indi shares insights on bias, cognitive understanding, decision-making post-pandemic, and working with AI models.

Power of Ten is a show about design operating at all levels of zoom, from thoughtful detail to changes in organisation, society and the world, hosted by design leadership coach, Andy Polaine. While every app rushes to add an AI assistant, iA Writer's Oliver Reichenstein asks, "Why should I bother reading what you haven't written?"  Here he talks tells about the deep thinking behind the latest version 7 of IA Writer and the new feature that dims the text you paste from AI tools, keeping track of what is yours and what isn’t. SHOW LINKS OLIVER iA - https://ia.net iA Writer - https://ia.net/writer iA Presenter - https://ia.net/presenter Writing with AI - https://ia.net/topics/writing-with-ai Oliver on Mastodon - @reichenstein@mastodon.net iA on Mastodon - @ia@mastodon.net ANDY Website: https://www.polaine.com Newsletter: https://pln.me/nws Podcast: https://pln.me/p10 Courses: https://courses.polaine.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/apolaine/ Mastodon: https://pkm.social/@apolaine YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@apolaine