Hybrid Intelligence
12 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago -Hybrid Intelligence brings together interesting people doing interesting things and explores the worlds of business evolution, innovation, business, design, technology and culture.
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Sophie Thomas on The Circular Economy (Part Two)
October 19, 2022 17:51 - 36 minutes - 33.2 MBThis is the second part of Lee's conversation with circular economy pioneer Sophie Thomas. In this episode Sophie and Lee discuss the complexities of implementing circularity and creating circular products. Sophie also tells us about her exciting new venture studio, etsaW Ventures, which is dedicated to finding, funding and developing innovation in the circular economy and sustainable business, with a particular focus on creating new materials. EPISODE LINKS: Sophie Thomas on Link...
Sophie Thomas on The Circular Economy (Part One)
October 07, 2022 13:14 - 37 minutes - 34.6 MBHost Lee Sankey's guest for this two part conversation is the Circular Economy pioneer Sophie Thomas and founder of Thomas Matthews, a design agency focused on sustainability. Sophie is on a mission, and has been for over twenty years since her early experiments with circularity at the Royal College of Art in the mid 90's. In part one, Sophie talks about the influence of growing up with activist parents, how as a designer she came to be a certified waste manager, what makes a produc...
Why Russell Davies Loves PowerPoint
March 30, 2022 10:24 - 44 minutes - 82.1 MBWe all use PowerPoint. It is part of the fabric of business communication. Yet divides opinions and arouses mixed emotions. Some companies have even banned it and it has some famous detractors. Russell Davies joins me for a conversation about this omnipresent yet much maligned software and his brilliant new book "Everything I Know about Life I Learned from PowerPoint". We discuss PowerPoint's origins, who designed it, why it has been so successful, how it effects business communica...
Greener Digital with Charlotte Walsh, Digital Detox
May 12, 2021 10:49 - 49 minutes - 45.7 MBLee Sankey talks to Charlotte Walsh, Co-Founder of digital product studio Digital Detox. Charlotte has been vocal about the need for more greener approaches to digital and IT. Something she champions with the team at Digital Detox. So it was fitting that our conversation took place on World Earth Day. When we think of the causes of climate change, we tend to gravitate to things such as fossil fuels, aviation, manufacturing and the industrialised farming of cattle. The impact of d...
Cultural Forces with Grant McCracken
March 30, 2021 19:21 - 1 hour - 57.5 MBPart 2 of Lee Sankey's conversation with anthropologist, strategist and author Grant McCracken. They discuss the potential impacts of COVID viewed through anthropological and cultural lenses on things like the family, the city and the world of work. Grant also flags some left-field signals that he is tracking, such as competitive charcuterie boards and talks about his latest work on the artisan movement which he describes as having matured into a transformative force. Grant is a...
Cultural Disruption with Grant McCracken
March 08, 2021 17:12 - 51 minutes - 47.2 MBHost Lee Sankey talks to the influential American anthropologist, strategist and author Grant McCracken. This is part one of two episodes. Grant is a pioneer in culture as a strategic and driving force in business success. Not organisational or corporate culture but "big C" culture. He has taught at MIT and Harvard and consulted with companies such as Nike, Netflix, Oprah and the White House. Here he explains why culture matters to business, discusses barriers to the broader adoptio...
What does research into Design Thinking show?
August 13, 2020 12:37 - 1 hour - 60.9 MBLee Sankey's guest is Professor Pietro Micheli from Warwick Business School. Pietro has been studying Design Thinking since its early inception and has carried out numerous studies on companies globally. So what does academic research tell us about how companies use design thinking and its impact? This was also an opportunity for me to debate some of my own observations and theories on the practical realities of Design Thinking. Including: 1) That pace, data and iterative everyd...
Exploring Optimism - Matthew Taylor, CEO of The RSA
July 29, 2020 21:12 - 30 minutes - 27.8 MBLee Sankey is joined by Matthew Taylor, CEO of The Royal Society of Arts for a wide ranging discussion. Matthew Taylor has spent his career shaping and influencing change through politics, public policy and now at the RSA. He has a particular passion for the topic of work. The work of the RSA is inherently optimistic but deals with some of the major challenges of our time. Matthew talks about his theory of change, his views on optimism, the topic of his annual RSA lecture and his lo...
Exploring Optimism - David Sheldon Hicks, Territory Studio
June 03, 2020 08:00 - 52 minutes - 48 MBLee Sankey speaks to David Sheldon Hicks, Founder of Territory Studio about innovation in the media space, his take on optimism and what he’s learnt from working with some of the world’s leading film directors such as Ridley Scott. If you are not familiar with Territory studio you’ve almost certainly seen some of their work. The studio began life specialising in motion graphics for things like gaming and content creation. Today David and his team from their offices in London, San ...
Exploring Optimism - WhereIsMyTransport
May 19, 2020 21:30 - 48 minutes - 44.7 MBImagine having to commute 5-6 hours a day using unregulated, unscheduled and unreliable transportation methods. Well this is the reality for approximately 4 billion people across the "Majority World" who rely on and use these "informal transportation networks" daily. WhereIsMyTransport is an award winning company on a mission to transform these networks through data and digital tools. They have already deployed their services in 39 countries and having recently completed a Series A ...
Exploring Optimism - Pete Trainor, CEO of Vala Health
May 06, 2020 06:00 - 52 minutes - 71.6 MBOur values, beliefs and outlook influence not only what we do, but what we strive for. In this sense Optimism is a vital and defining force that shapes the future we are creating. For many the lockdown following the global coronavirus pandemic has been a period of reflection. So what role does optimism play as Governments, organisations, brands and people start to think again about how they evolve, adapt and innovate? Door's founder Lee Sankey speaks to designer, technologist and ...
Exploring Optimism - Manjula Lee CEO World Wide Generation
April 17, 2020 12:30 - 25 minutes - 57.4 MBOptimism is a vital, defining force in shaping our future. This podcast is part of a series where we discuss Optimism with business leaders, designers, entrepreneurs and creatives. After a life changing event at the end of 2016, Manjula Lee set out a new vision for her life: to build an advanced technology platform that will bring together governments, businesses and civil societies from around the world to solve some of our most complex problems. From ending global poverty, to univ...