DF #21for21 - #6 - Anne Stenros

A conversation about being pioneers and catalysts, strong design, eudaimonia, and about reconnecting with nature. Marco and Carola speak with Dr. Anne Stenros about transformation, design and society. 

🚀 “Dear Future, I’m Ready” says Anne, “because the Earth is.” 🌏 

A thought provoking episode, that unpacks the metaphor of transformation as sailing and the quote by Alan Watts: “The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.” 

About Anne Stenros 

Dr. Anne Stenros is thought leader and an architect with a doctorate in technology. She has over 25 years’ experience in creative leadership and strategic design. Between 2005-2015, she acted as the first Design Director at KONE Corporation, a world leading elevator and escalator company. In 2016- 2018, she was appointed as the first ever chief design officer CDO of a city, namely the city of Helsinki. She has also had a professorship in Creative Leadership at the Aalto University. She has participated as an expert role in many different EU forums, and she was the Member of the World Design Capital WDC 2022 Selection Committee by World Design Organization WDO. Currently she is speaking, lecturing, writing, mentoring and catalysing change. She is curious about the future of cities, architecture, and urbanism. She believes in collaboration, co-creation, and creative collective. 

Links and more 

Edward Wilson: Biophilia (1984) https://www.amazon.com/Biophilia-Edward-Wilson/dp/0674074424 
Howard Gardner: Multiple Intelligences (1983, 2006): https://www.verywellmind.com/gardners-theory-of-multiple-intelligences-2795161 
Suzanne Simard: Finding the Mother Tree (2021) 
Ted Talk / Camille Defrenne and Suzanne Simard, The Secret Language of Trees: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4m9SefyRjg 
Architect Kengo Kuma: The Pandemic Changed My Work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4Mf8hrxWKM 
Quote by Architect Louis Kahn:“A city is the place of availabilities. It is the place where a small boy, as he walks through it, may see something that will tell him what he wants to do his whole life.”