#Chernobil is a must watch! It chilles you to the bones and the blindeness of the people responsible is agony. This story is a lesson we’re still learning to this day - albeit with less apocalyptic reprocussions. Or not...?!

The impact of Covid-19 on the creative sector is reported today Creative Federation (Archive). A design sector that had been flourishing is now under unparalleled pressure facing huge losses. "Design is vital to re-building our economy." Find out more: bit.ly/3htV17T #DesignIsVital

After a couple of years of being involved in this system thinking/complexity systems change/innovation community I (Joss) find this a useful way to make sense of it and understand some of the main divides in terms of: academic & applied - technical & non technical

Lovely to see that my highly esteemed alumni network @designmgmntintl still quotes me: ‘Work doesn't get done just by talking about it.’ 😉 #JustSaying

WIN London Mind Salons - “Positive, constructive and critical conversations about female leadership are vital to build community, drive innovation and support gender equality in business.” #Womenininnovation #leadership womenininnovation.co/blog/win-londo…

A comprehensive collection: McKinsey & Company ‘s latest perspectives on the coronavirus outbreak, the twin threats to lives and livelihoods, and how organizations can prepare for the next normal. mck.co/2Tx3hbL via McKinsey & Company

Great session hosted by Bayern Design on how essential design mind-sets and methods are for management, the design of processes and customer-centric products. @designfokus – I'm with you on your view that ‘form leads meaning’ rather than ‘form follows function’. #designmanagement

⁦⁦McKinsey Design⁩ Your strategic integrator is a #designer or #designmanager. It’s not a new role, the designer just needs to be given the reach, responsibilities and resources to do the things he/she does best - innovate. mckinsey.com/business-funct…

I went to Edinburgh to discover whether locals had come to a new appreciation of their city during lockdown. Thanks to Ian Rankin and Robin Mitchell for their company and insights. (1/2) theguardian.com/travel/2020/ju…

What are you listening to these days? Here is a podcast recommendation from our @iainaitchison, in which Author Jerry Brotton navigates the transformation from paper to digital mapping. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/ser…

Excited to be speaking at the DMI Academic Design Management Conference about our research on the state of in-house design in Scotland!

So happy to be part of Creative Informatics mentoring scheme. Bringing the creative industries and tech sector together is an exciting prospect and I look forward to helping mentees build their products, services and businesses! creativeinformatics.org

Thanks Keen Innovation for the great chat! It was insightful to hear what your challenges are as an innovation lab in the finance sector. Graft and I are looking forward to exchanging experiences and learnings in future!

Kicked-off our first mentoring session today with the wonderfully enthusiastic team behind Hidden Trax! Spending the rest of the day binge listening to their fantastic #podcast - audio tours through Edinburgh on local businesses and history. #escapism 😌

Nigel Hughes, Head of Innovation at Kellogg, uses #design to develop solutions: consumer empathy, iteration, x-functional collaboration et al. He also alludes to senior leaders’ responsibility to let go of hard data and allow for a hunch to prove itself. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/ins…

Wonderful list of outstanding actors! Only one comment: Saroise Ronan should be higher up the list! 😉

‘A master strategist is a designer.’ - Richard Rumelt #design your #strategy, rather than create #badstrategy. Do #strategicdesign and create #goodstrategy.

Our @iainaitchison and esther spoke to MA Design Management students today Hochschule Macromedia about ‘Design Strategy in Practice’. Thanks to Prof. @oliverszasz for the invite!

Curious how to use systems thinking for business strategy and organisational design? Team member esther published an article on mapping organisational ecosystems in the Vol. 12 #Touchpoint magazine by Service Design Network! 🎉 Get your hands on a copy at ow.ly/IXKU50Evg8I

‘How long will it take to get parity in the C-suite at the current rate?’ The answer - 100 years. This is ridiculous. We need to get there much sooner! Not least to create a healthier economy, society and planet. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the…